THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR REORGANISATION ACT, 2019 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS                                                                                                            

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1. Short title. 

2. Definitions. 

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PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

PART II 

REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

3. Formation of Union territory of Ladakh without Legislature.  

4. Formation of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Legislature.  

5. Governor of existing State of Jammu and Kashmir to be common Lieutenant Governor. 

6. Amendment of First Schedule to the Constitution. 

7. Saving powers of the Government of  Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

8. Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Constitution.  

9. Allocation of sitting members. 

The House of the People 

10. Representation in House of the  People.  

11. Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies Order, 1976. 

12. Provision as to sitting members.  

The Lieutenant Governor and The Legislative Assembly of  

Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 

13. Applicability of article 239A of Constitution.  

14. Legislative Assembly for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and its composition.  

15. Representation of women. 

16. Qualification for membership of Legislative Assembly.  

17. Duration of Legislative Assembly. 

18. Sessions of Legislative Assembly, prorogation and dissolution.  

19. Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Legislative Assembly.  

20.  Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office is 

under consideration. 

21. Special address by Lieutenant Governor to Legislative Assembly. 

22. Rights of Ministers and Advocate General as respects Legislative Assembly. 

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23. Rights of Lieutenant Governor to address and send messages to the Legislative Assembly.  

24. Oath or affirmation by members. 

25. Voting in Assembly, power of Assembly to act notwithstanding vacancies and quorum.    

26. Vacation of seats.  

27. Disqualifications for membership.  

28. Disqualification on ground of defection for being a member.   

29. Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or when 

disqualified.  

30. Powers, privileges, etc., of members.  

31. Salaries and allowances of members.  

32. Extent of legislative power.  

33. Exemption of property of the Union from taxation.  

34. Restrictions on laws passed by Legislative Assembly with respect to certain matters. 

35. Inconsistency between laws made by Parliament and laws made by Legislative                

Assembly. 

36. Special provisions as to financial Bills.  

37. Procedure as to lapsing of Bills.  

38. Assent to Bills.  

39. Bills reserved for consideration.  

40. Requirements as to sanction and recommendations to be regarded as matters of procedure only.  

41. Annual financial statement.  

42. Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates.  

43. Appropriation Bills. 

44. Supplementary, additional or excess grants.  

45. Votes on account.  

46. Rules of procedure.  

47. Official language or languages of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and language or 

languages to be used in Legislative Assembly thereof.  

48. Language to be used for Acts, Bills, etc.  

49. Restriction on discussion in the Legislative Assembly.  

50. Courts not to inquire into proceedings of Legislative Assembly.  

51. Secretariat of the Legislative Assembly. 

52. Power of Lieutenant Governor to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Legislative 

Assembly.  

Council of Ministers for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 

53. Council of Ministers. 

54. Other provisions as to Ministers.  

55. Conduct of business. 

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56. Duties of Chief Minister as respects the furnishing of information to the Lieutenant Governor, 

etc.  

57. Abolition of Legislative Council of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.  

Legislative Council 

PART IV 

ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH 

58. Appointment of Lieutenant Governor of Union territory of Ladakh.  

PART V 

DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES 

59. Definitions.  

60. Delimitation of constituencies.  

61. Power of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Orders up-to date.  

62. Special provision as to readjustment of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies on the 

basis of 2011 census.  

63. Special provisions as to readjustment of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies.  

64. Procedure as to delimitation.  

PART VI 

SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES 

65. Applicability of Scheduled Castes Order.  

66. Applicability of Scheduled Tribes Order.  

PART VII 

MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 

67. Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

68. Public Account of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and moneys credited to it. 

69. Contingency Fund of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

70. Borrowing upon the security of Consolidated Fund of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

71. Form of accounts of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

72. Audit reports. 

73. Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery.  

74. Authorisation of expenditure by President.  

PART VIII 

HIGH COURT 

75. High Court of Jammu and Kashmir to be common High Court.  

76. Special provision relating to Bar Council and advocates.  

77. Practice and procedure in common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.  

78. Savings.  

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ADVOCATE-GENERAL OF UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

PART IX 

SECTIONS 

79. Advocate General for Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

PART X 

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

80. Authorisation of expenditure of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.   

81. Authorisation of expenditure of Union territory of Ladakh. 

82. Reports relating to accounts of Jammu and Kashmir State.  

83. Distribution of revenue.  

PART XI 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

84. Application of this Part.  

PART XII 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND ANY OTHER MATTERS 

85. Advisory Committee(s).  

86. Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits.  

87. Special provision as to income-tax.  

PART XIII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

88. Provisions relating to All India Services.  

89. Provisions relating to other services.  

90. Other provisions relating to services.  

91. Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post.  

92. Provision for employees of Public Sector Undertakings, etc. 

93. Provisions as to State Public Service Commission.  

PART XIV 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

94. Amendment of section 15 of Act 37 of 1956.  

95. Territorial extent of laws. 

96.  Power to adapt laws.  

97. Power to construe laws.  

98. Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions.  

99. Legal proceedings.  

100. Transfer of pending proceedings.  

101. Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases.  

102. Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws. 

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103. Power to remove difficulties.  

      THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 
      THE SECOND SCHEDULE. 
     THE THIRD SCHEDULE. 

  THE FOURTH SCHEDULE. 
  THE FIFTH SCHEDULE. 

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THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR REORGANISATION ACT, 2019 

ACT NO. 34 OF 2019 

An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Jammu and  Kashmir and for 

matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

 [9th August, 2019.] 

PART I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title. — This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. 

2. Definitions. — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “appointed day” means the day1 which the Central Government may, by notification in the 

Official Gazette, appoint; 

(b) “article” means an article of the Constitution; 

(c) “assembly constituency” and “parliamentary constituency” have the same meanings as in the 

Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950); 

(d) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission appointed by the President under 

article 324; 

(e)  “existing State of Jammu and Kashmir” means the State of Jammu and Kashmir  as  existing 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  comprising  the  territory  which  immediately before the 
commencement of the Constitution of India in the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir; 

(f)  “law” includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or 
other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or in any 
part of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir; 

(g)  “Legislative  Assembly”  means  Legislative  Assembly  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 

Kashmir; 

(h)  “Lieutenant  Governor”  means  the  Administrator  of  the  Union  territory  appointed  by  the 

President under article 239; 

(i) “notified order” means an order published in the Official Gazette; 

(j)  “population  ratio”,  in  relation  to  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  and  Union 

territory of Ladakh means the ratio as per 2011 Census; 

(k) “Scheduled Castes” in relation to the Union territory means such castes, races or tribes or 
parts of groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under article 341 to be Scheduled 
Castes in relation to that Union territory; 

(l) “Scheduled Tribes” in relation to the Union territory means such tribes or tribal communities 
or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under article 342 to be 
Scheduled Tribes in relation to that Union territory; 

1. 31st October, 2019 —clause (a) of Section 2, vide notification No. S.O. 2889 (E), dated 09th August, 2019, see Gazette of 
India Extraordinary, Part II, s. 3 (ii) 

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(m)  “sitting  member”,  in  relation  to  either  House  of  Parliament  or  of  the  Legislature  of  the 
existing State of Jammu and Kashmir, means a person who immediately before the appointed day, 
is a member of that House; 

(n) “Union territory”, in relation to the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir, means the Union 

territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Union territory of Ladakh, as the case may be; 

(o) “transferred territory” means the territory which on the appointed day is transferred from the 
existing  State of Jammu  and  Kashmir  to  Union territories  formed  under sections  3  and  4  of  this 
Act; and 

(p) any reference to a district, tehsil or other territorial division of the existing State of Jammu 
and Kashmir shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division 
on the appointed day. 

PART II 

REORGANISATION OF THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

3. Formation of Union territory of Ladakh without Legislature. — On and from the appointed 
day,  there  shall  be  formed  a  new  Union  territory  to  be  known  as  the  Union  territory  of  Ladakh 
comprising the following territories of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir, namely:—  

“Kargil and Leh districts”,  

and thereupon the said territories shall cease to form part of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir.  

4. Formation of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with Legislature. —  On and from the 
appointed  day,  there  shall  be  formed  a  new  Union  territory  to  be  known  as  the  Union  territory  of 
Jammu and Kashmir comprising the territories of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir other than 
those specified in section 3. 

5. Governor of existing State of Jammu and Kashmir to be common Lieutenant Governor.—
On and from the appointed day, the Governor of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be the 
Lieutenant Governor for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and Union territory of Ladakh for 
such period as may be determined by the President.  

6.  Amendment  of  First  Schedule  to  the  Constitution.—On and from the appointed day, in the 

First Schedule to the Constitution, under the heading—”I. THE STATES”,— 

(a) entry 15 shall be deleted. 

(b) entries from 16 to 29 shall be renumbered as 15 to 28. 

(c) under the heading —”II. UNION TERRITORIES”,— 

after entry 7, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:— 

“8. Jammu and Kashmir: The territories specified in section 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir 

Reorganisation Act, 2019”. 

“9. Ladakh: The territories specified in section 3 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation 

Act, 2019”. 

7. Saving powers of the Government of  Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.— Nothing 
in  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  Part  shall  be  deemed  to  affect  the  power  of  the  Government  of 
successor  Union  territory  of Jammu  and  Kashmir  to  alter, after  the  appointed day, the name, area or 
boundaries of any district or other territorial division in that Union territory. 

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PART III 

REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGISLATURES 

The Council of States 

8.  Amendment  of  Fourth  Schedule  to  Constitution.  —On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  in  the 

Fourth Schedule to the Constitution, in the Table,— 

(a)  entry 21 shall be deleted; 

(b) entries 22 to 31 shall be renumbered as entries 21 to 30, respectively; 

(c) after entry 30, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—  

“31. Jammu and Kashmir ..................................................4”. 

9. Allocation of sitting members. — (1) On and from the appointed day, four sitting members of 
the  Council  of States  representing the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be deemed to have 
been elected to fill the seats allotted to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as specified in the First 
Schedule to this Act. 

(2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered. 

The House of the People 

10.  Representation  in  House  of  the  People.—On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  there  shall  be 
allocated five  seats  to the successor  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  one  seat  to  Union 
territory  of  Ladakh,  in  the  House  of  the  People,  and  the  First  Schedule to  the  Representation  of  the 
People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950) shall be deemed to be amended accordingly. 

11. Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies order, 1976.—(1) On and from the appointed 
day, the Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies Order, 1976 shall stand amended as directed in the 
Second Schedule of this Act. 

(2) The Election Commission may conduct the elections to the House of the People for the Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh as per the allocation of seats specified 
in the Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies Order, 1976 as amended by this Act.  

12.  Provision  as  to  sitting  members.—(1)  Every  sitting  member  of  the  House  of  the  People 
representing  a  constituency  which,  on  the  appointed  day  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  section  10, 
stands  allotted,  with  or  without  alteration  of  boundaries,  to  the  successor  Union  territory  of  Jammu 
and Kashmir or Union territory of Ladakh, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been elected 
to the House of the People by that constituency as so allotted. 

(2) The term of office of such sitting members shall remain unaltered. 

The Lieutenant Governor and The Legislative Assembly of Union territory of  

Jammu and Kashmir 

13. Applicability of article 239A of Constitution. —On and from the appointed day, the provisions 
contained  in  article  239A,  1[or  any  other  article  containing  reference  to  elected  members  of  the 
Legislative Assembly of the State] which are applicable to “Union territory of Puducherry”, shall also 
apply to the “Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir”. 

14.  Legislative  Assembly  for  the  Union  Territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  its 
composition.—(1) There shall be an Administrator appointed under article 239 of the Constitution of 
India for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir  and shall be designated as Lieutenant Governor of 
the said Union territory. 

1. Ins. by Act 2 of 2021, s. 2 (w.e.f. 7-1-2021) 

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(2) There shall be a Legislative Assembly for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

(3) The total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and 

Kashmir to be filled by persons chosen by direct election shall be 107. 

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), until the area of the Union territory of 
Jammu  and  Kashmir  under  the  occupation  of  Pakistan  ceases  to  be  so  occupied  and  the  people 
residing in that area elect their  representatives— 

(a) twenty four seats in the Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 
shall remain vacant and shall not be taken into account for reckoning the total membership of the 
Assembly; and 

(b) the said area and seats shall be excluded in delimiting the territorial constituencies as 

provided under PART V of this Act. 

(5) On and from the appointed day, the Delimitation of Assembly Constituencies Order, 1995, 
as applicable to Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, shall stand amended as directed in the Third 
Schedule of this Act. 

(6) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the Legislative 

Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

(7)  The  number  of  seats  reserved  for  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  the  Scheduled  Tribes  in the 
Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir under sub-section (6) shall bear, 
as  nearly  as  may  be,  the  same  proportion  to  the  total  number  of  seats  in  the  Assembly  as  the 
population  of  the  Scheduled  Castes  in  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  or  of  the 
Scheduled Tribes in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in respect  of which seats are so 
reserved, bears to the total population of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

Explanation:—In  this  sub-section,  the  expression  “population”  means  the  population  as 

ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published: 

Provided that the reference in this Explanation to the last preceding census of which the relevant 
figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year 
2026 have been published, be construed as a reference to the 2011 census. 

(8)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  sub-section  (6),  the  reservation  of  seats  for  the  Scheduled 
Castes  or  Scheduled  Tribes  in  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir  shall  cease  to  have  effect  on  the  same  date  on  which  the  reservation  of  seats  for  the 
Scheduled  Castes  or  the  Scheduled  Tribes  in  the  House  of  the  People  shall  cease to have effect 
under article 334 of the Constitution of India. 

(9) In the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), under the 

heading :— “I. THE STATES:” 

“(a) entry 10 shall be deleted”. 

“(b) entries 11 to 29 shall be renumbered as 10 to 28”. 

(10)  In the Second Schedule to the Representation of the People Act, 1950  (43  of  1950), under the 

heading :—”II. Union Territories” 

 (a) after entry 2, the following entries shall be inserted, namely:— 

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2 

‘‘3. Jammu and Kashmir 

83 

3 

6 

4 

…. 

5 

83 

6 

7 

6  …..’’ 

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(11)  The  provisions  of  articles  324  to  327  and  329  of  the  Constitution  of  India,  shall  apply in 
relation to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Legislative Assembly and the members thereof 
as  they  apply,  in  relation  to  a  State,  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  a  State  and  the  members  thereof 
respectively; and any reference in articles 326 and 329 to “appropriate Legislature” shall be deemed to be a 
reference to Parliament. 

15.  Representation  of  women.—Notwithstanding  anything  in  sub-section  (3)  of  section  14  the 
Lieutenant  Governor  of  the  successor  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  may  nominate  two 
members to the Legislative Assembly to give representation to women, if in his opinion, women are 
not adequately represented in the Legislative Assembly. 

16. Qualification for membership  of Legislative Assembly.— A person shall not be qualified to 

be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly unless  he— 

(a)  is a citizen of India and makes and subscribes before some person authorised  in that 
behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the 
purpose in the Fourth Schedule of this  Act; 

(b) is not less than twenty-five years of age;  and 

(c) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any 

law made by the Parliament. 

17. Duration of Legislative Assembly.—The Legislative Assembly, unless sooner dissolved, shall 
continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, and the expiration of 
the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the Legislative Assembly: 

Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency issued under clause (1) of 
article 352 is in operation, be extended by the President by order for a period not exceeding one year at a 
time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to 
operate. 

18.  Sessions  of  Legislative  Assembly,  prorogation  and  dissolution.—(1)  The  Lieutenant 
Governor shall, from time to time, summon the Legislative Assembly to meet at such time and place as 
he thinks fit, but six months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for 
its first sitting in the next session. 

(2) The Lieutenant Governor may, from time to time,— 

(a) prorogue the House; 

(b) dissolve the Legislative Assembly. 

19.  Speaker  and  Deputy  Speaker  of  Legislative  Assembly.  —  (1)  The  Legislative  Assembly 
shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assembly to be respectively Speaker and Deputy 
Speaker thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the Assembly 
shall choose another member to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the case may be. 

(2) A member holding office as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Assembly— 

(a) shall vacate his office if he ceases to be a member of the Assembly; 

(b) may at any time by writing under his hand addressed, if such member is the Speaker, to the 

Deputy Speaker, and if such member is the Deputy Speaker, to the Speaker, resign his office; 

(c) may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Assembly passed by a majority of all the 

then members of the Assembly: 

Provided that no resolution for the purpose of clause (c) shall be moved unless at least fourteen 

days’ notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution:  

Provided further that, whenever the Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker shall not vacate his office 

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until immediately before the first meeting of the Assembly after the dissolution. 

(3) While the office of Speaker is vacant, the duties of the office shall be performed by the Deputy 
Speaker  or,  if  the  office  of  Deputy  Speaker  is  also  vacant,  by  such  member  of  the  Legislative 
Assembly as may be determined by the rules of procedure of the Assembly. 

(4)  During  the absence  of the  Speaker from  any  sitting  of  the  Legislative  Assembly,  the  Deputy 
Speaker, or, if he is also absent, such person as may be determined by the rules of procedure of the 
Assembly, or, if no such person is present, such other person as may be determined by the Legislative 
Assembly, shall act as Speaker. 

(5) There shall be paid to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, such 
salaries  and  allowances  as  may  respectively  be  fixed  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such salaries 
and allowances as the Lieutenant Governor may, by order determine. 

20.  Speaker or Deputy Speaker not to preside while a resolution for his removal from office 
is under consideration.— (1) At any sitting of the Legislative Assembly, while any resolution for the 
removal of the Speaker from his office is under consideration, the Speaker, or while any resolution for 
the removal of the Deputy Speaker, from his office is under consideration, the Deputy Speaker, shall 
not, though he is present, preside, and the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 19 shall apply in 
relation to every such sitting as they apply in relation to a sitting from which the Speaker or, as the 
case may be, the Deputy Speaker, is absent. 

(2) The Speaker shall have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, 
the Legislative Assembly while any resolution for his removal from office is under consideration in 
the  Assembly  and  shall,  notwithstanding  anything  in  section 25, be entitled to vote  only  in  the first 
instance on such resolution or on any other matter during such proceedings but not in the case of an 
equality of votes. 

21.  Special  address  by  Lieutenant  Governor  to  Legislative  Assembly.—(1)  At  the 
commencement of the first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and at the 
commencement of the first session of each year, the Lieutenant Governor shall address the Legislative 
Assembly, and shall inform the Legislative Assembly of the causes of its summons. 

(2) Provision shall be made by the rules regulating the procedure of the Legislative Assembly for 

the allotment of time for the discussion of matters referred to in such address. 

22.  Rights  of  Ministers  and  Advocate  General  as  respects  Legislative  Assembly.—Every 
Minister and the Advocate-General for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall have the right 
to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the Legislative Assembly, and to speak 
in,  and  otherwise  to  take  part  in  the  proceedings  of,  any  committee  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  of 
which he may be named a member, but shall not by virtue of this section be entitled to vote. 

23. Rights of Lieutenant Governor to address and send messages to the Legislative Assembly. 
—(1)  The  Lieutenant  Governor  may  address  the  Legislative  Assembly  and  may  for  that  purpose 
require the attendance of members. 

(2) The  Lieutenant Governor may also send messages to the Legislative Assembly whether with 
respect to a Bill then pending in the Legislative Assembly or otherwise, and when a message so sent, 
the  Legislative  Assembly  shall  with  all  convenient  despatch  consider  any  matter  required  by  the 
message to be taken into consideration. 

24. Oath or affirmation by members.—Every member of the Legislative Assembly shall, before 
taking  his  seat,  make  and  subscribe  before  the  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the  said  Union  territory,  or 
some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for 
the purpose in the Fourth Schedule of this Act. 

25.  Voting  in  Assembly,  power  of  Assembly  to  act  notwithstanding  vacancies  and  quorum.   

—(1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, all questions at any sitting of the Legislative Assembly 

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shall be determined by a majority of votes of the members present and voting, other than the Speaker 
or person acting as such. 

(2) The Speaker, or person acting as such, shall not vote in the first instance, but shall have and 

exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes. 

(3)  The  Legislative  Assembly  shall  have  power  to  act  notwithstanding  any  vacancy  in  the 
membership thereof, and any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly shall be valid notwithstanding 
that  it  is  discovered  subsequently  that  some  person  who  was  not  entitled  so  to  do,  sat  or  voted  or 
otherwise took part in the proceedings.  

(4) The quorum to constitute a meeting of the Legislative Assembly shall be ten members or one- 

tenth of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly, which ever is greater.  

(5) If at any time during a meeting of the Legislative Assembly there is no quorum, it shall be the 
duty of the Speaker, or person acting as such, either to adjourn the Legislative Assembly or to suspend 
the meeting until there is a quorum. 

26. Vacation of seats.—(1) No person shall be a member both of Parliament and of the Legislative 
Assembly, and if a person is chosen a member both of Parliament and of such Assembly, then, at the 
expiration of such period as may be specified in the rules made by the President, that person's seat in 
Parliament  shall  become  vacant,  unless  he  has  previously  resigned  his  seat  in  the  Legislative 
Assembly of the said Union territory.  

(2) If a member of the Legislative Assembly— 

(a)  becomes  subject  to  any  of  disqualification  mentioned  in  section  27  or  section  28  for 

membership of the Legislative Assembly; or 

(b) resigns his seat by writing under his hand addressed to the Speaker, and his resignation is 

accepted by the Speaker, his seat shall thereupon become vacant.  

(3) If for a period of sixty days a member of the Legislative Assembly is without permission of the 

Assembly absent from all meetings thereof, the Assembly may declare his seat vacant:  

Provided  that  in  computing  the  said  period  of  sixty  days,  no  account  shall  be  taken  of  any 
period  during  which  the  Assembly  is  prorogued  or  is  adjourned  for  more  than  four  consecutive 
days. 

27. Disqualifications for membership.—(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, 

and for being, a member of the Legislative Assembly— 

(a) if he  holds  any  office of  profit  under  the  Government  of  India  or the  Government  of any 
State  or  the  Government  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  or  the  Government  or 
administration  of  any  other  Union  territory  or  other  than  an  office  declared  by  law  made  by 
Parliament or by the Legislative Assembly not to disqualify its holder; or  

(b) if he is for the time being disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either 
House  of  Parliament  under  the  provisions  of  sub-clause  (b),  sub-clause  (c)  or  sub-clause  (d)  of 
clause (1) of article 102 or of any law made in pursuance of that article.  

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall not be deemed to hold an office of profit under 
the  Government  of  India  or  the  Government  of  any  State  or  the  Government  of  Union  territory  of 
Jammu  and  Kashmir  or  the  Government  of  any  other  Union  territory  by  reason  only  that  he  is  a 
Minister either for the Union or for such State or Union territory. 

(3) If any question arises as to whether a member of the Legislative Assembly becomes subject to 
any of disqualification under the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2), the question shall be referred 
for the decision of the Lieutenant Governor and his decision shall be final.  

(4)  Before  giving  any  decision  on  any  such  question,  the  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  obtain  the 

opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such opinion. 

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28. Disqualification on ground of defection for being a member.—The provisions of the Tenth 
Schedule to the Constitution shall, subject to the necessary modifications (including modifications for 
construing references therein to the Legislative Assembly of a State, article 188, article 194 and article 
212  as  references,  respectively,  to  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir,  as  the  case  may  be,  section  24,  section  30  and  section  50  of  this  Act),  apply  to  and  in 
relation to the members of the Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir as they 
apply to and in relation to the members of the Legislative Assembly of a State, and accordingly,— 

(a) the said Tenth Schedule as so modified shall be deemed to form part of this Act; and 

(b) a person shall be disqualified for being a  member of the Legislative Assembly if he is so 

disqualified under the said Tenth Schedule as so modified. 

29. Penalty for sitting and voting before making oath or affirmation or when not qualified or 
when disqualified.—If a person sits or votes as a member of the Legislative Assembly before he has 
complied with the requirements of section 24 or when he knows that he is not qualified or that he is 
disqualified for membership thereof, or that he is prohibited from doing so by the provisions of any 
law made by Parliament or the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, he 
shall be liable in respect of each day on which he so sits or votes to a penalty of five hundred rupees to 
be recovered as a debt due to the said Union territory. 

30.  Powers,  privileges,  etc.,  of  members.—(1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  to  the 
rules and standing orders regulating the procedure of the Legislative Assembly, there shall be freedom 
of speech in the Legislative Assembly.  

(2)  No  member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  shall  be  liable  to  any  proceedings  in  any  court  in 
respect of anything said or any vote given by him in the Assembly or any committee thereof, and no 
person shall be so liable in respect of the publication by or under the authority of such Assembly of 
any report, paper, votes or proceedings. 

(3) In other respects, the powers, privileges and immunities of the Legislative Assembly and of the 
members and the committees thereof shall be such as are for the time being enjoyed by the House of 
the People and its members and committees.  

(4) The provisions of sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall apply in relation to persons who by virtue 
of this Act have the right to speak in, and otherwise to take part in the proceedings of, the Legislative 
Assembly or any committee thereof as they apply in relation to members of the Legislative Assembly. 

31.  Salaries  and  allowances  of  members.—Members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  such  salaries  and  allowances  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  determined  by  the 
Legislative  Assembly  by  law  and,  until  provision  in  that  behalf  is  so  made,  such  salaries  and 
allowances as the Lieutenant Governor may, by order determine. 

32.  Extent  of  legislative  power.—(1)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the  Legislative 
Assembly  may  make  laws  for  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir 
with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the State List except the subjects mentioned at entries 
1  and  2,  namely  “Public  Order”  and  “Police”  respectively  or  the  Concurrent  List  in  the  Seventh 
Schedule to the Constitution of India in so far as any such matter is applicable in relation to the Union 
territories. 

(2)  Nothing  in  sub-section  (1)  shall  derogate  from  the  powers  conferred  on  Parliament  by  the 
Constitution to make laws with respect to any matter for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or 
any part thereof. 

33. Exemption of property of the Union from taxation.—The property of the Union shall, save 
in  so  far  as  Parliament  may  by  law  otherwise  provide,  be  exempted  from  all  taxes  imposed  by  or 
under any law made by the Legislative Assembly or by or under any other law in force in the Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir: 

Provided that nothing in this section shall, until Parliament by law otherwise provides, prevent any 

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authority within the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir from levying any tax on any property  of 
the  Union  to  which  such  property  was  immediately  before  the  commencement  of  the  Constitution 
liable or treated as liable, so long as that tax continues to be levied in that Union territory. 

34.  Restrictions  on  laws  passed  by  Legislative  Assembly  with  respect  to  certain  matters.—  
(1) The provisions of article 286, article 287 and article 288 shall apply in relation to any law passed 
by  the  Legislative  Assembly  with  respect  to  any  of  the  matters  referred  to  in  those  articles  as  they 
apply in relation to any law passed by the Legislature of a State with respect to those matters. 

(2) The provisions of article 304 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in relation to any 
law passed by the Legislative Assembly with respect to any of the matters referred to in that article as 
they apply in relation to any law passed by the Legislature of a State with respect to those matters. 

35.  Inconsistency  between  laws  made  by  Parliament  and  laws  made  by  Legislative                

Assembly.—If  any  provision  of  a  law  made  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  with  respect  to  matters 
enumerated in the State List, in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution is repugnant to any provision 
of a law made by Parliament with respect to that matter, whether passed before or after the law made 
by  the  Legislative  Assembly,  or,  if  any  provision  of  a  law  made  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  with 
respect to any matter enumerated in the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution is 
repugnant  to  any  provision  of  any  earlier  law,  other  than  a  law  made  by  the  Legislative  Assembly, 
with respect to that matter, then, in either case, the law made by Parliament, or, as the case may be, 
such  earlier  law  shall  prevail  and  the  law  made  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union  territory 
shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be void: 

Provided  that  if  such  law  made  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  has  been  reserved  for  the 
consideration  of  the  President  and  has  received  his  assent,  such  law  shall  prevail  in  the  Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir: 

Provided further that nothing in this section shall prevent Parliament from enacting at any time 
any law with respect to the same matter including a law adding to, amending, varying or repealing 
the law so made by the Legislative Assembly. 

36.  Special  provisions  as  to  financial  Bills.—(1)  A  Bill  or  amendment  shall  not  be  introduced 
into,  or  moved  in,  the  Legislative  Assembly  except  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Lieutenant 
Governor, if such Bill or Amendment makes provision for any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax; 

(b)  the  amendment  of  the  law  with  respect  to  any  financial  obligations  undertaken  or  to  be 

undertaken by the Government of the Union territory; 

(c) the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory; 

(d) the declaring of any expenditure to be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of the 

Union territory or the increasing of the amount of any such expenditure; 

(e)  the  receipt  of  money  on  account  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  or  the 
public  account  of  the  Union  territory  or  the  custody  or  issue  of  such  money  or  the  audit  of  the 
account of the Union territory: 

Provided that no recommendation shall be required under this sub-section for the moving of an 

amendment making provision for the reduction or abolition of any tax. 

(2) A Bill or Amendment shall not be deemed to make provision for any of the matters aforesaid 
by  reason  only  that  it  provides  for  the  imposition  of  fines  or  other  pecuniary  penalties,  or  for  the 
demand or payment of fees for licences or fees for services rendered, or by reason that it provides for 
the imposition, abolition, remission, alteration or regulation of any tax by any local authority or body 
for local purposes. 

(3)  A  Bill  which,  if  enacted  and  brought  into  operation,  would  involve  expenditure  from  the 
Consolidated Fund of Union territory shall not be passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Union 
territory unless the Lieutenant Governor has recommended to the Assembly, the consideration of the 

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Bill. 

37. Procedure as to lapsing of Bills.—(1) A Bill pending in the Legislative Assembly shall not 

lapse by reason of the prorogation of the Legislative Assembly. 

(2)  A  Bill  which  is  pending  in  the  Legislative  Assembly  shall  lapse  on  dissolution  of  the 

Legislative Assembly. 

38.  Assent  to  Bills.—When  a  Bill  has  been  passed  by  the  Legislative  Assembly,  it  shall  be 
presented to the Lieutenant Governor and the Lieutenant Governor shall declare either that he assents 
to the Bill or that he withholds assent therefrom or that he reserves the Bill for the consideration of the 
President: 

Provided that the Lieutenant Governor may, as soon as possible after the presentation of the Bill to 
him  for  assent,  return  the Bill if  it  is  not  a  Money  Bill  together  with  a  message  requesting  that  the 
Assembly will reconsider the Bill or any specified provisions thereof, and, in particular, will consider 
the desirability of introducing any such amendments as he may recommend in his message and, when 
a Bill is so returned, the Assembly will reconsider the Bill accordingly, and if the Bill is passed again 
with  or  without  amendment  and  presented  to  the  Lieutenant  Governor  for  assent,  the  Lieutenant 
Governor  shall  declare  either  that  he  assents  to  the  Bill  or  that  he  reserves  the  Bill  for  the 
consideration of the President: 

Provided  further  that  the  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  not  assent  to,  but  shall  reserve  for  the 

consideration of the President, any Bill which,— 

(a)  in  the  opinion  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  would,  if  it  became  law,  so  derogate  from  the 
powers  of  the  High  Court  as  to  endanger  the  position  which  that  Court  is,  by  the  Constitution, 
designed to fill; or 

(b) relates to any of the matters specified in clause (1) of article 31A; or  

(c) the President may, by order, direct to be reserved for his consideration. 

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section and section 39, a Bill shall be deemed to be a 

Money  Bill  if  it  contains  only  provisions  dealing  with  all  or  any  of  the  matters  specified  in                   
sub-section (1) of section 36 or any matter incidental to any of those matters and, in either case, 
there is endorsed thereon the certificate of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly signed by him 
that it is a Money Bill. 

39.  Bills  reserved  for  consideration.—When  a  Bill  is  reserved  by  Lieutenant  Governor  for  the 
consideration of the President, the President shall declare either that he assents to the Bill or that he 
withholds assent therefrom: 

Provided that where the Bill is not a Money Bill, the President may direct the Lieutenant Governor 
to return the Bill to the Legislative Assembly together with such a message as is mentioned in the first 
proviso  to  section  38  and,  when  a  Bill  is  so  returned,  the  Assembly  shall  reconsider  it  accordingly 
within a period of six months from the date of receipt of such message and, if it is again passed by the 
Assembly  with  or  without  amendment,  it  shall  be  presented  again  to  the  President  for  his 
consideration. 

40.  Requirements  as  to  sanction  and  recommendations  to  be  regarded  as  matters  of 
procedure  only.—No  Act  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  and  no  provision  in  any  such  Act,  shall  be 
invalid by reason only that some previous sanction or recommendation required by this Act was not 
given,  if  assent  to  that  Act  was  given  by  the  Lieutenant  Governor,  or,  on  being  reserved  by  the 
Lieutenant Governor for the consideration of the President, by the President. 

 41. Annual financial statement.—(1) The Lieutenant Governor shall in respect of every financial 
year cause to be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a 
statement  of  the  estimated  receipts  and  expenditure of  the  Union  territory  for  that  year,  in this  Part 
referred to as the “annual financial statement”. 

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 (2)  The  estimates  of  expenditure  embodied  in  the  annual  financial  statement  shall  show 

separately—  

(a) the sums required to meet expenditure described by this Act as expenditure charged upon 

the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and 

(b)  the  sums  required  to  meet  other  expenditure  proposed  to  be  made  from  the  Consolidated 
Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir; and shall distinguish expenditure on revenue 
account from other expenditure. 

 (3)  The  following  expenditure  shall  be  expenditure  charged  on  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the 

Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir:— 

(a) the emoluments and allowances of the Lieutenant Governor and other expenditure relating 

to his office;  

(b)  the  charges  payable  in  respect  of  loans  advanced  to  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  India  including  interest,  sinking  fund  charges  and 
redemption charges, and other expenditure connected therewith;  

(c)  the  salaries  and  allowances  of  the  Speaker  and  the  Deputy  Speaker  of  the  Legislative 

Assembly;  

(d) expenditure in respect of the salaries and allowances of Judges of High Court of Jammu and 

Kashmir;  

(e) any sums required to satisfy any judgment, decree or award of any court or arbitral tribunal;  

(f)  expenditure  incurred  by  the  Lieutenant  Governor  in  the  discharge  of  his  special 

responsibility;  

(g) any other expenditure declared by the Constitution or by law made by Parliament or by the 

Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to be so charged.  

42. Procedure in Legislative Assembly with respect to estimates.—(1) So much of the estimates 
as  relates  to  expenditure  charged  upon  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir  shall  not  be  submitted  to  the  vote  of  the  Legislative  Assembly,  but  nothing  in  this                             
sub-section  shall  be  construed  as  preventing  the  discussion  in  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  any  of 
those estimates.  

(2) So much of the said estimates as relates to other expenditure shall be submitted in the form of 
demands  for  grants  to  the Legislative  Assembly,  and  the  Legislative  Assembly  shall  have  power  to 
assent, or to refuse to assent, to any demand, or to assent to any demand subject to a reduction of the 
amount specified therein. 

(3)  No  demand  for  a  grant  shall  be  made  except  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Lieutenant 

Governor. 

43.  Appropriation  Bills.—(1)  As  soon  as  may  be  after  the  grants  under  section  42  have  been 
made by the Legislative Assembly, there shall be introduced a Bill to provide for the appropriation out 
of the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of all moneys required to meet— 

(a) the grants so made by the Legislative Assembly, and 

(b)  the  expenditure  charged  on  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir but not exceeding in any case the amount shown in the statement previously laid before 
the Assembly. 

(2) No amendment shall be proposed to any such Bill in the Legislative Assembly which will have 
the  effect  of  varying  the  amount  or  altering  the  destination  of  any  grant  so  made  or  of  varying  the 
amount  of  any  expenditure  charged  on the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of Jammu  and 
Kashmir and the decision of the person presiding as to whether an amendment is inadmissible under 

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this sub-section shall be final. 

(3) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, no money shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated 
Fund  of the  Union territory  except  under appropriation  made  by  law  passed  in  accordance  with the 
provisions of this section. 

44. Supplementary, additional or excess grants.—(1) The Lieutenant Governor shall— 

(a) if the amount authorised by any law made in accordance with the provisions of section 43 to 
be expended for a particular service for the current financial year is found to be insufficient for the 
purposes of that year or when a need has arisen during the current financial year for supplementary 
or  additional  expenditure  upon  some  new  service  not  contemplated  in  the  annual  financial 
statement for that year, or 

(b) if any money has been spent on any service during a financial year in excess of the amount 

granted for that service and for that year, 

cause to be laid before the Legislative Assembly, another statement showing the estimated amount of 
that expenditure or cause to be presented to the Legislative Assembly with such previous approval a 
demand for such excess, as the case may be. 

(2) The provisions of sections 41, 42 and 43 shall have effect in relation to any such statement and 
expenditure or demand and also to any law to be made authorising the appropriation of moneys out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to meet such expenditure or the 
grant in respect of such demand as they have effect in relation to the annual financial statement and 
the  expenditure  mentioned  therein  or  to  a  demand  for  a  grant  and  the  law  to  be  made  for  the 
authorisation  of  appropriation  of  moneys  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of 
Jammu and Kashmir to meet such expenditure or grant. 

45. Votes on account.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, the 
Legislative  Assembly  shall  have  power  to  make  any  grant  in  advance  in  respect  of  the  estimated 
expenditure  for  a  part  of  any  financial  year  pending  the  completion  of  the  procedure  prescribed  in 
section 42 for the voting of such grant and the passing of the law in accordance with the provisions of 
section 43 in relation to that expenditure and the Legislative Assembly shall have power to authorise 
by law the withdrawal of moneys from the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and 
Kashmir for the purposes for which the said grant is made. 

(2) The provisions of sections 42 and 43 shall have effect in relation to the making of any grant 
under sub-section (1) or to any law to be made under that sub-section as they have effect in relation to 
the making of a grant with regard to any expenditure mentioned in the annual financial statement and 
the law to be made for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to meet such expenditure. 

46. Rules of procedure.—(1) The Legislative Assembly may make rules for regulating, subject to 

the provisions of this Act, its procedure and the conduct of its business:  

Provided that the Lieutenant Governor shall, after consultation with the Speaker of the Legislative 

Assembly, make rules—  

(a) for securing the timely completion of financial business; 

(b) for regulating the procedure of, and the conduct of business in, the Legislative Assembly in 
relation  to  any  financial  matter  or  to  any  Bill  for  the  appropriation  of  moneys  out  of  the 
Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir; 

(c) for prohibiting the discussion of, or the asking of questions on, any matter which affects the 
discharge of the functions of the Lieutenant Governor in so far as he is required by this Act to act 
in his discretion.  

(2) Until rules are made under sub-section (1), the rules of procedure and standing orders in force 
immediately before the commencement of this Act, with respect to the Legislative Assembly of the 

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existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall have effect in relation to the Legislative Assembly of the 
Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir subject to such modifications and adaptations as may be made 
therein by the Speaker of Legislative Assembly.  

47. Official language or languages of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and language 
or languages to be used in Legislative Assembly thereof.—(1) The Legislative Assembly may by 
law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or 
Hindi  as  the  official language  or  languages  to  be  used  for  all  or  any  of  the  official  purposes  of  the 
Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

(2) The business in the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall 
be transacted in the official language or languages of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or in 
Hindi or in English:  

Provided that the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly or person acting as such, as the case may 
be, may permit any member who cannot adequately express himself in any of the languages aforesaid 
to address the Legislative Assembly in his mother tongue. 

48. Language to be used for Acts, Bills, etc.—Notwithstanding anything contained in section 47, 

until Parliament by law otherwise provides, the authoritative texts—  

(a)  of  all  Bills  to  be  introduced  or  amendments  thereto  to  be  moved  in  the  Legislative 

Assembly, 

(b) of all Acts passed by the Legislative Assembly, and  

(c) of all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued under any law made by the Legislative 

Assembly,  

shall be in the English language: 

Provided that where the Legislative Assembly has prescribed any language other than the English 
language for use in Bills introduced in, or Acts passed by, the Legislative Assembly or in any order, 
rule,  regulation  or  bye-law  issued  under  any  law  made  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir, a translation of the same in the English language published under the 
authority of the Lieutenant Governor in the Official Gazette shall be deemed to be the authoritative 
text thereof in the English language.  

49. Restriction on discussion in the Legislative Assembly.—No discussion shall take place in the 
Legislative  Assembly  with  respect  to  the  conduct  of  any  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  or  of  a  High 
Court in the discharge of his duties. 

50.  Courts  not  to  inquire  into  proceedings of  Legislative  Assembly.—(1) The  validity  of  any 
proceedings in the Legislative Assembly shall not be called in question on the ground of any alleged 
irregularity of procedure.  

(2) No officer or member of the Legislative Assembly in whom powers are vested by or under this 
Act  for  regulating  procedure  or the  conduct  of  business,  or  for  maintaining  order  in the  Legislative 
Assembly shall be subject to the jurisdiction of any court in respect of the exercise by him of  those 
powers. 

51.  Secretariat  of  the  Legislative  Assembly.—(1)  The  Legislative  Assembly  shall  have  a 

separate secretariat staff. 

(2) The Legislative Assembly may by law regulate the recruitment, and the conditions of service of 

persons appointed, to the secretarial staff of the Legislative Assembly. 

(3)  Until  provision  is  made  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  under  sub-section  (2),  the  Lieutenant 
Governor may, after consultation with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly make rules regulating 
the  recruitment,  and  the  conditions  of  service  of  persons  appointed,  to  the  secretarial  staff  of  the 
Assembly and any rules so made shall have effect subject to the provisions of any law made under the 

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said  sub-section. 

52. Power of  Lieutenant  Governor  to  promulgate  Ordinances  during  recess  of  Legislative 
Assembly.—If  at  any  time,  except  when  the  Legislative  Assembly  is  in  session,  the  Lieutenant 
Governor  thereof  is  satisfied  that  circumstances  exist  which  render  it  necessary  for  him  to  take 
immediate action, he may promulgate such Ordinances as the circumstances appear to him to require: 

Provided  that  the  power  of  making  an  Ordinance  under  this  section  shall  extend  only  to  those 

matters with respect to which the Legislative Assembly has power to make laws. 

(2) An Ordinance promulgated under this section shall have the same force and effect as an Act of the 

Legislative Assembly assented by the Lieutenant Governor but every such Ordinance— 

(a) Shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly and shall cease to operate at the expiration of 
six  weeks  from  the  re-assembly  of  the  Legislative  Assembly,  or  if  before  the  expiration  of  that 
period a resolution disapproving it is passed by the Legislative Assembly; and 

(b) May be withdrawn at any time by the Lieutenant Governor. 

Council of Ministers for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 

53. Council of Ministers.—(1) There shall be a Council of Ministers consisting of not more than 
ten per cent. of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly, with the Chief Minister at 
the  head  to  aid  and  advise  the  Lieutenant  Governor  in  the  exercise  of  his  functions  in  relation  to 
matters with respect to which the Legislative Assembly has power to make laws except in so far as he 
is required by or under this Act to act in his discretion or by or under any law to exercise any judicial 
or quasi-judicial functions. 

(2) The Lieutenant Governor shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in his discretion in a matter: 

(i) which falls outside the purview of the powers conferred on the Legislative Assembly; or 

(ii)  in  which  he  is  required  by  or  under  any  law  to  act  in  his  discretion  or  to  exercise  any 

judicial functions; or 

(iii) related to All India Services and Anti Corruption Bureau:  

Provided that if any question arises whether any matter is or is not a matter as respects which 
the Lieutenant Governor is by or under this Act required to act in his discretion, the decision of the 
Lieutenant  Governor  in  his  discretion  shall  be  final,  and  the  validity  of  anything  done  by  the 
Lieutenant  Governor  shall not  be  called  in  question  on  the  ground  that  he  ought  or  ought  not to 
have acted in his discretion. 

(3) The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the Lieutenant 

Governor shall not be inquired into in any court. 

54.  Other  provisions  as  to  Ministers.—(1)  The  Chief  Minister  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Lieutenant  Governor  and  the  other  Ministers  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Lieutenant  Governor  on  the 
advice of the Chief Minister. 

(2) The Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor. 

(3) The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly. 

(4) Before a Minister enters upon his office, the Lieutenant Governor shall administer to him the 
oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Fourth Schedule to 
this Act. 

(5) A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislative 

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Assembly shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.  

(6) The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as the Legislative Assembly may from 
time to time by law determine, and until the Legislative Assembly so determines, shall be determined 
by the Lieutenant Governor. 

55.  Conduct  of  business.—(1)  The  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  make  rules  on  the  advice  of  the 

Council of Ministers—  

(a) for the allocation of business to the Ministers; and 

(b) for the more convenient transaction of business with the Ministers including the procedure 
to be adopted in case of a difference of opinion between the Lieutenant Governor and the Council 
of Ministers or a Minister.  

(2)  Save  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  Act,  all  executive  action  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor, 
whether taken on the advice of his Ministers or otherwise, shall be expressed to be taken in the name 
of the Lieutenant Governor. 

(3) Orders and other instruments made and executed in the name of the Lieutenant Governor, shall 
be authenticated in such manner as may be specified in rules to be made by the Lieutenant Governor 
on  the  advice  of  Council  of  Ministers,  and  the  validity  of  an  order  or  instrument  which  is  so 
authenticated shall not be called in question on the ground that it is not an order or instrument made or 
executed by the Lieutenant Governor. 

56.  Duties  of  Chief  Minister  as  respects  the  furnishing  of  information  to  the  Lieutenant 

Governor, etc.—It shall be the duty of the Chief Minister—  

(a)  to  communicate  to  the  Lieutenant  Governor  all  decisions  of  the  Council  of  Ministers 

relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union territory and proposals for legislation;  

(b) to furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union territory 

and proposals for legislation as Lieutenant Governor may call for. 

Legislative Council 

57.  Abolition  of  Legislative  Council  of  the  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir.—(1) 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, document, judgment, ordinance, rule, 
regulation or notification, on and from the appointed day, the Legislative Council of the existing State 
of Jammu and Kashmir shall stand abolished. 

(2)  On  the  abolition  of  the  Legislative  Council,  every  member  thereof  shall  cease  to  be  such 

member.  

(3) All Bills pending in the Legislative Council immediately before the appointed day shall lapse 

on the abolition of the Council. 

PART IV 

ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH 

58.  Appointment  of  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Union  territory  of  Ladakh.—(1)  The  Union 
territory  of  Ladakh  will  be  administered  by  the  President  acting,  to  such  extent  as  he  thinks  fit, 
through a Lieutenant Governor to be appointed by him under article 239. 

 (2)  The  President  may  make  regulations  for  the  peace,  progress  and  good  government  of  the 

Union territory of Ladakh under article 240 of the Constitution of India.  

(3) Any regulation so made may repeal or amend any Act  made by Parliament or any other law 
which is for the time being applicable to the Union territory of Ladakh and, when promulgated by the 
President,  shall  have  the same  force  and effect  as  an  Act  of  Parliament  which applies to  the  Union 
territory of Ladakh.  

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(4)  The  Lieutenant  Governor  shall  be  assisted  by  advisor(s)  to  be  appointed  by  the  Central 

Government. 

PART V 

DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES 

59. Definitions.—In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,—  

(a) “associate member” means a member associated with the Delimitation Commission under 

section 60; 

(b)  “Delimitation  Commission”  means  the  Delimitation  Commission  to  be  constituted  under 
section  3  of  the  Delimitation  Act,  2002  (33  of  2002);  and  thereafter  by  any  law  made  by  the 
Parliament. 

(c) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission appointed by the President under 

article 324 of the Constitution of India; 

(d) “latest census figures” mean the census figures ascertained at the latest census of which the 

finally published figures are available;  

(e)  “Parliamentary  Constituency”  means  a  constituency  provided  by  law  for  the  purpose  of 
elections  to  the  House  of  the  People  from  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  Union 
territory of Ladakh.  

(f) “Assembly Constituency” means a constituency provided by law for the purpose of elections 

to the Legislative Assembly. 

60.  Delimitation  of  constituencies.—(1)  Without  prejudice  to  sub-sections  (3)  of  section  14  of 
this Act, the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 
shall be increased from 107 to 114, and delimitation of the constituencies may be determined by the 
Election Commission in the manner hereinafter provided—  

(a) the number of seats to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the 

Legislative Assembly, having regard to the relevant provisions of the Constitution;  

(b)  the  assembly  constituencies  into  which  the  Union  territory  shall  be  divided,  the  extent  of 
each of such constituencies and in which of them seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes 
or for the Scheduled Tribes; and 

(c)  the  adjustments  in  the  boundaries  and  description  of  the  extent  of  the  parliamentary 

constituencies in each Union territory that may be necessary or expedient.  

(2)  In  determining  the  matters  referred  to  in  clauses  (b)  and  (c)  of  sub-section  (1),  the  Election 

Commission shall have regard to the following provisions, namely:— 

(a) all the constituencies shall be single-member constituencies; 

(b)  all  constituencies  shall,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  geographically  compact  areas,  and  in 
delimiting  them,  regard  shall  be  had  to  physical  features,  existing  boundaries  of  administrative 
units, facilities of communication and conveniences to the public; and 

(c)  constituencies  in  which  seats  are  reserved  for  the  Scheduled  Castes  and  the  Scheduled 
Tribes shall, as far as practicable, be located in areas where the proportion of their population to 
the total population is the largest. 

(3)  The  Election  Commission  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  it  in  the  performance  of  its 
functions under sub-section (1), associate with itself as associate members, four persons as the Central 
Government may by order specify, being persons who are the members of the Legislative Assembly 
of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  or  four  members  of  the  House  of  the  People 
representing the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir:  

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Provided that none of the associate members shall have a right to vote or to sign any decision of 

the Election Commission.  

(4)  If,  owing  to  death  or  resignation,  the  office  of  an  associate  member  falls  vacant,  it  shall  be 

filled as far as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (3). 

(5) The Election Commission shall— 

 (a)  publish  its  proposals  for  the  delimitation  of  constituencies  together  with  the  dissenting 
proposals, if any, of any associate member who desires publication thereof in the Official Gazette 
and  in  such  other  manner  as  the  Commission  may  consider  fit,  together  with  a  notice  inviting 
objections and suggestions in relation to the proposals and specifying a date on or after which the 
proposals will be further considered by it;  

(b) consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before the date 

so specified; and 

(c) after considering all objections and suggestions which may have been received by it before 
the date so specified, determine by one or more orders the delimitation of constituencies and cause 
such order or orders to be published in the Official Gazette, and there upon such publication, the 
order or orders shall have the full force of law and shall not be called in question in any court.  

(6) As soon as may be after such publication, every such order relating to assembly constituencies 

shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

61.  Power  of  Election  Commission  to  maintain  Delimitation  Orders  up-to-date.—(1)  The 

Election Commission may by notification in the Official Gazette,— 

(a) correct any printing mistakes in any order made under section 60 or any error arising therein 

from inadvertent slip or omission; and  

(b)  where  the  boundaries  or  name  of  any  territorial  division  mentioned  in  any  such  order  or 
orders  is  or  are  altered,  make  such  amendments  as  appear  to  it  to  be  necessary  or  expedient  for 
bringing such order up-to-date. 

(2) Every notification under this section relating to an assembly constituency shall be laid, as soon 

as may be after it is issued, before the Legislative Assembly. 

62.  Special  provision  as  to  readjustment  of Parliamentary  and  Assembly  Constituencies  on 
the  basis  of  2011  census.—(1)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  notwithstanding  the  publication  of 
orders  under  sub-section  (1)  of  section  10  of  the  Delimitation  Act,  2002  (33  of  2002)  or  anything 
contained in sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) of the said section, the Delimitation Act, 2002 shall be 
deemed to have been amended as provided below:  

(a) in section 2, in clause (f), the words “but does not include the State of Jammu and Kashmir” 

shall be omitted; and 

(b)  for  the  purpose  of  delimitation  of  Assembly  and  Parliamentary  Constituencies,  the  words 
and figures “census held in the year 2001”, wherever occurring, shall be construed as words and 
figures “census held in the year 2011”. 

(2)  Readjustment  of  the  constituencies  as  provided  under  section  60  in  the  successor  Union 
territory  of Jammu  and  Kashmir  into  Assembly  Constituencies,  shall  be  carried by  the  Delimitation 
Commission, to be constituted under the Delimitation Act, 2002 (33 of 2002) as amended by this Act, 
and shall take effect from such date as the Central Government may, by order, publish in the Official 
Gazette, specify.  

(3)  Readjustment  of  the  constituencies  as  provided  under  section  11  in  the  successor  Union 
territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  into  Parliamentary  Constituencies,  shall  be  carried  by  the 
Delimitation  Commission,  to  be  constituted  under  the  Delimitation  Act,  2002  (33  of  2002)  as 
amended by this Act, and shall take effect from such date as the Central Government may, by order, 

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publish in the Official Gazette, specify. 

63. Special provisions as to readjustment of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies.—
Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 59 to 61, until the relevant figures for the first census 
taken  after  the  year  2026  have  been  published,  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  readjust  the  division  of 
successor  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  into  Assembly  and  Parliamentary  Constituencies 
and  any  reference to  the  “latest  census  figures”  in  this  Part  shall  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the 
2011 census figures. 

64.  Procedure  as  to  delimitation.—The  procedure  as  provided  in  the  law  made  by  Parliament, 
shall  apply,  in  relation  to  the  delimitation  of  Parliamentary  and  Assembly  constituencies  under  this 
Part as they apply in relation to the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies under 
that law. 

PART VI 

SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES 

65. Applicability of Scheduled Castes Order.—On and from the appointed day, the Constitution 
Jammu and Kashmir (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1956 [Jammu and Kashmir (Schedule Castes Order, 
1956)],  shall  stand  applied  to  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  Union  territory  of 
Ladakh. 

66. Applicability of Scheduled Tribes Order.—On and from the appointed day, the Constitution 
Jammu and Kashmir (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1989, [Jammu and Kashmir (Scheduled Tribes Order, 
1989)]  shall  stand  applied  to  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  Union  territory  of 
Ladakh. 

PART VII 

MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 

67. Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. —(1) On and from the 
appointed day, all revenues received in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the Government 
of India or the Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in relation to any 
matter with respect to which the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 
has power to make laws, and all grants made and all loans advanced to the Union territory of Jammu 
and Kashmir from the Consolidated Fund of India and all loans raised by the Government of India or 
the  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  upon  the  security  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  all  moneys  received  by  the 
Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in repayment of loans shall form one Consolidated Fund to be 
entitled “the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir”. 

(2) No moneys out of such Consolidated Fund shall be appropriated except in accordance with, and 

for the purposes and in the manner provided in, this Act.  

(3)  The  custody  of  such  Consolidated  Fund,  the  payment  of  moneys  into  such  Funds,  the 
withdrawal  of  moneys  therefrom  and  all  other  matters  connected  with  or  ancillary  to  those  matters 
shall be regulated by rules made by the Lieutenant Governor. 

68.  Public  Account  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  moneys  credited  to 
it.—(1)  On  and  from  the  appointed  day,  all  other  public  moneys  received  by  or  on  behalf  of  the 
Lieutenant Governor shall be credited to a Public Account entitled “the Public Account of the Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir”. 

(2) The custody of public moneys, other than those credited to the Consolidated Fund of the Union 
territory  or the  Contingency  Fund  of the  Union territory  of Jammu  and Kashmir,  received  by  or  on 
behalf of the Lieutenant Governor, their payment into the Public Accounts of the Union territory of 

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Jammu and Kashmir and the withdrawal of moneys from such account and all other matters connected 
with or ancillary to the aforesaid matters shall be regulated by rules made by the Lieutenant Governor 
on the advice of Council of Ministers. 

69.  Contingency  Fund  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir.—(1)  There  shall  be 
established a Contingency Fund in the nature of an imprest to be entitled  “the Contingency Fund of 
the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir”,  into  which  shall  be  paid  from  and  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  such  sums  as  may,  from  time  to 
time, be determined by law made by the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and 
Kashmir; and the said Fund shall be held by the Lieutenant Governor to enable advances to be made 
by him out of such Fund. 

(2) No advances shall be made out of the Contingency Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and 
Kashmir  except  for  the  purposes  of  meeting  unforeseen  expenditure  pending  authorisation  of  such 
expenditure by the Legislative Assembly under appropriations made by law.  

(3) The Lieutenant Governor on the advice of the Council of Ministers may make rules regulating 
all  matters  connected  with  or  ancillary  to  the  custody  of,  the  payment  of  moneys  into,  and  the 
withdrawal of moneys from, the Contingency Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

70.  Borrowing  upon  the  security  of  Consolidated  Fund  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir.—(1) The executive power of the Union territory extends to borrowing upon the security of 
the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  within  such  limits,  if  any,  as 
may,  from  time  to  time,  be  fixed  by  Legislative  Assembly  by  law  and  to  the  giving  of  guarantees 
within such limits, if any, as may be so fixed. 

(2)  Any  sums  required  for  the  purpose  of  invoking  a  guarantee  shall  be  charged  on  the 

Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

71.  Form  of  accounts  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir.—The  accounts  of  the 
Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall be kept in such form as the Lieutenant Governor may, 
after obtaining advice of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, prescribe by rules. 

72. Audit reports.—The reports of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India relating to the 
accounts of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for any period subsequent to the date referred to in 
sub-section (1) of section 67 shall be submitted to the Lieutenant Governor who shall cause them to be 
laid before the Legislative Assembly. 

73. Provision in case of failure of constitutional machinery.—If the President, on receipt of a 
report  from  the  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  or  otherwise,  is 
satisfied,— 

(a) that a situation has arisen in which the administration of the Union territory of Jammu and 

Kashmir cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or 

(b) that for the proper administration of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir it is necessary 

or expedient so to do,  

the President may, by order, suspend the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act for such 
period as he thinks fit and make such incidental and consequential provisions as may appear to him to 
be necessary or expedient for administering the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance 
with the provisions of this Act. 

74. Authorisation of expenditure by President.—Where the Legislative Assembly is dissolved, 
or its functioning as such Assembly remains suspended, on account of an order under section 73, it 
shall  be  competent  for  the  President  to  authorise,  when  the  House  of  the  People  is  not  in  Session, 
expenditure  from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  Union  territory  of Jammu  and Kashmir  pending  the 
sanction of such expenditure by Parliament. 

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PART VIII 

HIGH COURT 

75.  High  Court  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  to  be  common  High  Court.—(1)  On  and  from  the 

appointed day,— 

(a)  the  High  Court  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  shall  be  the  common  High  Court  for  the  Union 

territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh;  

(b) the Judges of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir for the existing State of Jammu and 
Kashmir holding office immediately before the appointed day shall become on that day the Judges 
of the common High Court.  

(2) The expenditure in respect of salaries and allowances of the Judges of the common High Court 
shall be allocated amongst the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh 
on the basis of population ratio. 

76. Special provision relating to Bar Council and advocates.—(1) On and from the date referred 

to  in  sub-section  (1)  of  section  75,  in  the  Advocates  Act,  1961  (25  of  1961),  in  section  3,  in                      
sub-section (1),—  

(a) in clause (a), the words “Jammu and Kashmir” shall be deleted. 

(b) after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted, namely— 

-(g)- for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh, to 

be known as the Bar Council of Jammu and Kashmir; and Ladakh.  

(2) Any person who immediately before the date referred to in sub-section (1) of section 75 is an 
advocate on the roll of the Bar Council of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir and practising as 
an  advocate  in  the  High  Court  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  may  continue  to  be  members  of  the  “Bar 
council of Jammu and Kashmir; and Ladakh’’, notwithstanding anything contained in the Advocates 
Act, 1961 and the rules made thereunder.  

(3) The persons other than the advocates who are entitled immediately before the date referred to 
in sub-section (1) of section 75, on and after that date, be recognised as such persons entitled also to 
practise in the common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir or any subordinate court thereof, as the 
case may be. 

(4) The right of audience in the common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir shall be regulated in 
accordance  with  the  like  principles  as  immediately  before  the  date  referred  to  in  sub-section  (1)  of 
section 75, are in force with respect to the right of audience in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir. 

77. Practice and procedure in common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir.—Subject to the 
provisions of this Part, the law in force immediately before the date referred to in sub-section (1) of 
section 75 with respect to practice and procedure in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir shall, with 
the necessary modifications, apply in relation to the common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and 
accordingly, the common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir shall have all such powers to make rules 
and orders with respect to practice and procedure as are immediately before that date exercisable by 
the common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir: 

Provided  that  any  rules  or  orders  which  are  in  force  immediately  before  the  date  referred  to  in               

sub-section (1) of section 75 with respect to practice and procedure in the High Court of Jammu and 
Kashmir shall, until varied or revoked by rules or orders made by the common High Court of Jammu 
and  Kashmir,  apply  with  the  necessary  modifications  in  relation  to  practice  and  procedure  in  the 
common High Court of Jammu and Kashmir as if made by that Court. 

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78.  Savings.—Nothing  in  this  Part  shall  affect  the  application  to  the  common  High  Court  of 
Jammu and Kashmir of any provisions of the Constitution, and this Part shall have effect subject to 
any provision that may be made on or after the date referred to in sub-section (1) of section 75 with 
respect  to  the  common  High  Court  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  by  any  Legislature  or  other  authority 
having power to make such provision. 

PART IX 

ADVOCATE-GENERAL OF UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

79.  Advocate  General  for  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir.—(1)  The  Lieutenant 
Governor  shall  appoint  a  person  who  is  qualified  to  be  appointed  a  Judge  of  the  High  Court,  to  be 
Advocate-General for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. 

(2) It shall be the duty of such Advocate-General to give advice to the Government of such Union 
territory upon such legal matters and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from 
time to time be referred or assigned to him by the said Government, and to discharge the functions 
conferred on him by or under the Constitution or any other law for the time being in force.  

(3) In the performance of his duties, the Advocate-General shall have the right of audience in all 

courts in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

(4)  The  Advocate-General  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Lieutenant  Governor  and 

receive such remuneration as the Lieutenant Governor may determine. 

PART X 

AUTHORISATION OF EXPENDITURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES 

80. Authorisation of expenditure of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.—The Governor 
of  existing  State  of Jammu  and Kashmir  may,  at  any time  before the  appointed day,  authorise  such 
expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir as he deems 
necessary  for  any  period  not  more  than  six  months  beginning  with  the  appointed  day  pending  the 
sanction  of  such  expenditure  by  the  Legislative  Assembly  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir: 

Provided  that  the  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  may,  after  the 
appointed day, authorise such further expenditure as he deems necessary from the Consolidated Fund 
of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for any period not extending beyond the said period of 
six months. 

81.  Authorisation  of  expenditure  of  Union  territory  of  Ladakh.—The  Governor  of  existing 
State of Jammu and Kashmir may, at any time before the appointed day, authorise such expenditure 
from the Consolidated Fund of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir as he deems necessary for any 
period  not  more  than  six  months  beginning  with  the  appointed  day  pending  the  sanction  of  such 
expenditure by the Parliament: 

Provided that the President may, after the appointed day, authorise such further expenditure as he 
deems necessary from the Consolidated Fund of India for any period not extending beyond the said 
period of six months. 

82.  Reports  relating  to  accounts  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  State.—(1)  The  reports  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor-General  of  India  referred  to  in  clause  (2)  of  article  151  relating  to  the 
accounts of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir in respect of any period prior to the appointed 
day  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Lieutenant  Governors  of  the  successor  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and 
Kashmir, and Union territory of Ladakh. 

(2) The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, thereafter shall cause the reports to be laid 

before the Legislature of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

(3) The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir may by order—  

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(a) declare any expenditure incurred out of the Consolidated Fund of Jammu and Kashmir on 
any  service  in  respect  of  any  period  prior  to  the  appointed  day  during  the  financial  year  or  in 
respect of any earlier financial  year in excess of the amount granted for that service and for that 
year as disclosed in the reports referred to in sub-section (1) to have been duly authorised; and 

(b) provide for any action to be taken on any matter arising out of the said reports. 

83. Distribution of revenue.—(1) The award made by the Fourteenth Finance Commission to the 
existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall be apportioned between the successor Union territory of 
Jammu  and  Kashmir;  and  Union  territory  of  Ladakh  by  the  Central  Government  on  the  basis  of 
population ratio and other parameters: 

Provided that on the appointed day, the President shall make a reference to the Union territories 
Finance Commission to take into account the resources available to the successor Union territories of 
Ladakh and make separate award for the successor Union territory of Ladakh:  

Provided  further  that  on  the  appointed day,  the  President shall  make  a  reference  to  the  Fifteenth 
Finance Commission to include Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in its Terms of Reference and 
make award for the successor Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), the Central Government may, having regard to the 
resources  available  to  the  successor  Union  territory  of  Ladakh  make  appropriate  grants  and  also 
ensure that adequate benefits and incentives in the form of special development package are given to 
the backward areas of this region. 

PART XI 

APPORTIONMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

84.  Application  of  this  Part.—(1)  The  provisions  of  this  Part  shall  apply  in  relation  to  the 
apportionment of the assets and liabilities of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir immediately 
before the appointed day, between the successor Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and successor 
Union territory of Ladakh.  

(2)  The  apportionment  of  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  existing  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir 

shall be subject to the recommendations of a committee constituted by the Central Government.  

(3) The process of apportionment shall be completed within a period of twelve months from the 

appointed day. 

PART XII 

PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND ANY OTHER MATTERS 

85. Advisory Committee(s).—(1) The Central Government may by order, establish one or more 

Advisory Committees within a period of 90 days from the appointed day, for the purposes of: 

 (a) apportionment of assets, rights and liabilities of the companies and corporations constituted 
for the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir between Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and 
Union territory of Ladakh;  

(b) issues relating to Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric 

power and supply of water; 

(c) issues related to Jammu and Kashmir State Financial Corporation;  

(d)  issues  related  to  Companies  constituted  for  the  existing  state  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir 

regarding the division of the interests and shares and reconstitution of Board of Directors; 

(e) issues related to facilities in certain State Institutions; and  

(f) issues related to any other matters not covered under this section.  

(2) The committees  so  appointed  under  sub-section (1)  of  this section,  shall submit  their  reports 

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within six months to the Lieutenant Governor of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, who shall act 
on  the  recommendations  of  such  committees  within  a  period  of  30  days  from  the  date  of  receiving 
such reports. 

86. Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits.— (1) 
Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  88  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  (59  of  1988),  a 
permit granted by the State Transport Authority of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir or any 
Regional Transport Authority in that State shall, if such permit was, immediately before the appointed 
day, valid and effective in any area in the transferred territory, be deemed to continue to be valid and 
effective in that area after that day till its period of validity subject to the provisions of that Act as for 
the  time  being  in  force  in  that  area;  and  it  shall  not  be  necessary  for  any  such  permit  to  be 
countersigned  by  the  Transport  Authority  of  any  of  Union  territory  or  any  Regional  Transport 
Authority therein for the purpose of validating it for use in such area: 

Provided  that the  Lieutenant  Governor  may  add  to  amend  or  vary  the  conditions  attached  to the 

permit by the Authority by which the permit was granted. 

(2) No tolls, entrance fees or other charges of a like nature shall be levied after the appointed day 
in respect of any transport vehicle for its operations in any of the successor Union territories under any 
such permit, if such vehicle was, immediately before that day, exempt from the payment of any such 
toll, entrance fees or other charges for its operations in the transferred territory:  

Provided  that  the  Central  Government  may,  after  consultation  with  the  Government  of  Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir or the administration of Union territory of Ladakh, as the case may 
be, authorise the levy of any such toll, entrance fees or other charges, as the case may be:  

Provided further that the provisions of this sub-section shall not be applicable where any such tolls, 
entrance fees or other charges of a like nature are leviable for the use of any road or bridge which is 
constructed  or  developed  for  commercial  purpose  by  the  State  Government,  an  undertaking  of  the 
State Government, a joint undertaking in which the State Government is a shareholder or the private 
sector. 

87.  Special  provision  as  to  income-tax.—Where  the  assets,  rights  and  liabilities  of  any  body 
corporate carrying on business are, under the provisions of this Part, transferred to any other bodies 
corporate which after the transfer carry on the same business, the losses or profits or gains sustained 
by  the  body  corporate  first-mentioned  which,  but  for  such  transfer,  would  have  been  allowed  to  be 
carried forward and set off in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VI of  the Income-tax Act, 
1961 (43 of 1961), shall be apportioned amongst the transferee bodies corporate in accordance with 
the  rules  to  be  made  by  the  Central  Government  in  this  behalf  and,  upon  such  apportionment,  the 
share  of  loss  allotted  to  each  transferee  body  corporate  shall  be  dealt  with  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions of Chapter VI of the said Act, as if the transferee body corporate had itself sustained such 
loss in a business carried on by it in the years in which those losses were sustained. 

PART XIII 

PROVISIONS AS TO SERVICES 

88. Provisions relating to All India Services.—(1) In this section, the expression “State cadre” 

 (a) in relation to the Indian Administrative Service, has the same meaning assigned to it in 

the Indian Administrative Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954 [IAS (cadre) rules, 1954]; 

(b) in relation to the Indian Police Service, has the same meaning assigned to it in the Indian 

Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954 [IPS (cadre) rules, 1954]; and 

 (c) in relation to the Indian Forest Service, has the same meaning assigned to it in the Indian 

Forest Service (Cadre) Rules, 1966 [IFS (cadre) rules, 1954].  

1[(2) The members of the Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest 

1. Subs. by Act 2 of 2021, s. 3, for sub-sections (2) to (6) (w.e.f. 7-1-2021). 

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Service  for  the  existing  cadre  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  shall  be  borne  and  become  part  of  the 
Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union territories cadre, and all future allocations of All India 
Services Officers for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh shall 
be  made  to  Arunachal  Pradesh,  Goa,  Mizoram  and  Union  territories  cadge  for  which  necessary 
modifications may be made in corresponding cadre allocation rules by the Central Government. 

(3) The officers so borne or allocated on Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union territories 

cadre shall function in accordance with the rules framed by the Central Government.] 

89.  Provisions  relating  to  other  services.—(1)  Every  person  who  immediately  before  the 
appointed  day  is  serving  on  substantive  basis  in  connection  with  the  affairs  of the  existing  State  of 
Jammu and Kashmir shall, on and from that day provisionally continue to serve in connection with the 
affairs  of  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  Union  territory  of  Ladakh,  by  general  or 
special order of the Lieutenant Governor of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir:  

Provided that every direction under this sub-section issued after the expiry of a period of one year 
from the appointed day shall be issued with the consultation of the Government or Administration of 
the successor Union territories, as the case may be.  

(2) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir 
shall,  by  general  or  special  order,  determine  the  successor  Union  territory  to  which  every  person 
referred to in sub-section (1) shall be finally allotted for service, after consideration of option received 
by seeking option from the employees, and the date with effect from which such allotment shall take 
effect or be deemed to have taken effect:  

Provided that even after the allocation has been made, Lieutenant Governor of Union territory of 
Jammu  and  Kashmir  may  in  order  to  meet  any  deficiency  in  the  service,  depute  officers  from  one 
successor Union territory to the other Union territory.  

(3)  Every  person  who  is  finally  allotted  under  the  provisions  of  sub-section  (2)  to  a  successor 
Union  territory  shall,  if  he  is  not  already  serving  therein,  be  made  available  for  serving  in  the 
successor  Union  territory  from  such  date  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  the  Government  of  the 
successor Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Administration of Union territory of Ladakh, or, 
in default of such agreement, as may be determined by the Central Government:  

Provided that the Central Government shall have the power to review any of its orders issued under 

this section. 

90. Other provisions relating to services.—(1) Nothing in this section or in section 89 shall be 
deemed to affect, on or after the appointed day, the operation of the provisions of Chapter I of Part 
XIV of the Constitution in relation to determination of the conditions of service of persons serving in 
connection with the affairs of the Union or any Union territory:  

Provided that the conditions of service applicable immediately before the appointed day in the case 
of any person deemed to have been allocated to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Union 
territory of Ladakh under section 89 shall not be varied to his disadvantage except with the previous 
approval of the Lieutenant Governor. 

(2) All services prior to the appointed day rendered by a person,— 

(a)  if  he  is  deemed  to  have  been  allocated  to  any  Union  territory  under  section  89,  shall  be 

deemed to have been rendered in connection with the affairs of that Union territory; 

(b) if he is deemed to have been allocated to the Union in connection with the administration of 
the successor Union territory, shall be deemed to have been rendered in connection with the affairs 
of the Union, for the purposes of the rules regulating his conditions of service. 

(3) The provisions of section 89 shall not apply in relation to members of any All-India Service. 

91.  Provisions  as  to  continuance  of  officers  in  same  post.—Every  person  who,  immediately 
before the appointed day, is holding or discharging the duties of any post or office in connection with 

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the affairs of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir in any area which on that day falls within one 
of the successor Union territory shall continue to hold the same post or office in that successor Union 
territory, and shall be deemed, on and from that day, to have been duly appointed to the post or office 
by the Government of, or other appropriate authority in, that successor Union territory:  

Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent a competent authority, on and from 
the appointed day, from passing in relation to such person any order affecting the continuance in such 
post or office.  

92. Provision for employees of Public Sector Undertakings, etc.—On and from the appointed 
day,  the  employees  of  State  Public  Sector  Undertakings,  corporations  and  other autonomous  bodies 
shall continue to function in such undertaking, corporation or autonomous bodies for a period of one 
year  and  during  this  period  the  corporate  body  concerned  shall  determine  the  modalities  for 
distributing the personnel between the successor Union territories.  

93. Provisions as to State Public Service Commission.—(1) The Public Service Commission for 
the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, on and from the appointed day, be the Public Service 
Commission for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

(2)  The  Union  Public  Service  Commission,  with  the  approval  of  the  President,  shall  serve  the 

needs of the Union territory of Ladakh.  

(3)  The  persons  holding  office  immediately  before  the  appointed  day  as  the  Chairman  or  other 
member of the Public Service Commission for the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, as from 
the appointed day, be the Chairman or, as the case may be, the other member of the Public Service 
Commission for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

(4) Every person who becomes the Chairman or other member of the Public Service Commission 
for  the  Union  territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  on  the  appointed  day  under  sub-section  (3)  shall  be 
entitled to receive from the Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, conditions of 
service not less favourable than those to which he was entitled under the provisions applicable to him. 

(5) The report of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission as to the work done by the 
Commission in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be presented to the Lieutenant 
Governor of the  Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Lieutenant Governor of the Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall, on receipt of such report, cause a copy thereof together with a 
memorandum  explaining  as  far  as  possible,  as  respects  the  cases,  if  any,  where  the  advice  of  the 
Commission was not accepted, the reasons for such non-acceptance to be laid before the Legislature 
of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  

PART XIV 

LEGAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

 94. Amendment of section 15 of Act 37 of 1956.—On and from the appointed day, in section 15 
of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, in clause (a), for the words “Jammu and Kashmir” the words 
“Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh” shall be substituted.  

95. Territorial extent of laws.— (1) All Central laws in Table-1 of the Fifth Schedule to this Act, 
on and from the appointed day, shall apply in the manner as provided therein, to the Union territory of 
Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh. 

(2)  All  other  laws  in  Fifth  Schedule,  applicable  to  existing  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir 
immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  shall  apply  in  the  manner  as  provided  therein,  to  the  Union 
territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh.  

96.  Power  to  adapt  laws.—For  the  purpose  of  facilitating  the  application  in  relation  to  the 
successor Union territories, of any law made before the appointed day, as detailed in Fifth Schedule to 
this Act, the Central Government may, before the expiration of one year from that day, by order, make 
such adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be 
necessary or expedient, and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and 

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modifications  so  made  until  altered,  repealed  or  amended  by  a  competent  Legislature  or  other 
competent authority. 

97.  Power  to  construe  laws.—Notwithstanding  that  no  provision  or  insufficient  provision  has 
been  made  under  section  96  for  the  adaptation  of  a  law  made  before  the  appointed  day,  any  court, 
tribunal or authority, required or empowered to enforce such law may, for the purpose of facilitating 
its application in relation to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir or Union territory of Ladakh, 
construe the law in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper in 
regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority.  

98.  Power  to  name  authorities,  etc.,  for  exercising  statutory  functions.—The  Lieutenant 
Governor, as respects the concerned territory may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the 
authority,  officer  or  person  who,  on  or  after the appointed  day,  shall be  competent to exercise  such 
functions exercisable under any law in force on that day as may be mentioned in that notification and 
such law shall have effect accordingly.  

99.  Legal  proceedings.—Where,  immediately  before  the  appointed  day,  the  existing  State  of 
Jammu  and  Kashmir  is  a  party  to  any  legal  proceedings  with  respect  to  any  property,  rights  or 
liabilities  subject  to  apportionment  among  the  successor  Union  territories under  this  Act, the  Union 
territory  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  or  the  Union  territory  of  Ladakh  which  succeeds  to,  or  acquires  a 
share  in,  that  property  or  those  rights  or  liabilities  by  virtue  of  any  provision  of  this  Act  shall  be 
deemed to be substituted for the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir or added as a party to those 
proceedings, and the proceedings may continue accordingly.  

100.  Transfer  of  pending  proceedings.—(1)  Every  proceeding  pending  immediately  before  the 
appointed day before a court (other than High Court), tribunal, authority or officer in any area which 
on that day falls within the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, if it is a proceeding relating exclusively 
to the territory, which as from that day are the territories of any Union territory, stand transferred to 
the corresponding court, tribunal, authority or officer of that Union territory. 

(2)  If  any  question  arises  as  to  whether  any  proceeding  should  stand  transferred  under                            

sub-section  (1),  it  shall  be  referred  to  the  common  High  Court  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  the 
decision of that High Court shall be final. 

(3) In this section— 

(a) proceeding includes any suit, case or appeal; and  

(b) corresponding court, tribunal authority or officer in any of Union territory means—  

(i) the court, tribunal, authority or officer in which, or before whom, the proceeding would 

have laid if it had been instituted after the appointed day; or  

(ii) in case of doubt, such court, tribunal, authority, or officer in that Union territory, as may 
be  determined  after  the  appointed  day  by  the  Government  or  administration  of  that  Union 
territory,  or  the  Central  Government,  as  the  case  may  be,  or  before  the  appointed  day  by  the 
Government  of  the  existing  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  to  be  the  corresponding  court, 
tribunal, authority or officer. 

101.  Right of  pleaders  to  practise in certain  cases.—Any  person  who, immediately  before the 
appointed day, is enrolled as a pleader entitled to practise in any subordinate court in the existing State 
of Jammu and Kashmir shall, for a period of one year from that day, continue to be entitled to practise 
in those courts, notwithstanding that the whole or any part of the territories within the jurisdiction of 
those courts has been transferred to any of the Union territories.  

102. Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws.—The provisions of this Act 

shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law.  

103. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions 
of  this  Act,  the  President  may,  by  order  do  anything  not  inconsistent  with  such  provisions  which 
appears to him to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty:  

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Provided  that  no  such  order  shall  be  made  after  the  expiry  of  a  period  of  five  years  from  the 

appointed day. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament. 

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The First Schedule 

(See Section 9) 

Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 

Members of Council of State 

S.No. 

Name of the sitting Member 

Term 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Fayaz Mir Mohammad 

Laway Shri Nazir Ahmed 

Manhas Shri Shamsher Singh 

Ghulam Nabi Azad 

11/02/2015 to 10/02/2021 

16/02/2015 to15/02/2021 

11/02/2015 to 10/02/2021 

16/02/2015 to 15/02/2021 

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The Second Schedule 

[See Section 11(1)] 

Amendments to the Delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies Order, 1976 

Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 

Parliamentary Constituencies 

S.No. 

Name of the Constituency   

Extent of Constituency 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Baramulla 

Srinagar 

Anantnag 

Udhampur 

Jammu 

Baramulla District 

Srinagar District 

Anantnag District 

Udhampur, Doda and Kathua Districts 

Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch Districts 

Union territory of Ladakh 

Parliamentary Constituency 

S.No. 

Name of the Constituency   

1. 

Ladakh 

Extent of Constituency 

Ladakh District 

  Note.— (i)   Any reference in this Schedule to a district shall be taken to mean the area comprised within that district on the 

1st day of August, 1975. 

   (ii)    As per details included in Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 under 
Articles 81 & 82 of the Constitution of India as applied to the State of Jammu and Kashmir by the Constitution 
(Application to J&K) Order, 1954 (C.O. 48). 

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The Third Schedule 

[See Section 14(5)] 

Amendments to the Delimitation of Assembly Constituencies Order, 1995 

Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir 

Assembly Constituencies 

Name of  the Assembly 

S. 
No.  Constituency 
1 

2 

1. 

2. 

Karnah 

Kupwara 

3. 

Lolab 

4. 

Handwara 

5. 

Langate 

6. 

7. 

Uri 

Rafiabad 

8. 

Sopore 

Extent 

3 

KUPWARA DISTRICT 

All PCs  of Tehsil Karnah; PC Keran of Tehsil Kupwara. 

PCs 18-Sulakot, 20-Radabug, 22-Bumhama , 23-Drugmulla, 25-Gushi, 26-Batergam, 
27-Dadikoot, 30-Gulgam, 31-Harrai, 32-Hayan, 33-Trehgam, 34-Guglose, 35-Kralpora, 
36-Guzeryal,  37-Gundizona-Reshi,  38-Panzgam,  39-Meelyal,  40-Shooloora, 
41-Dardihairi-Kharagund, 42-Kupwara and P.C. 55-Manzgam in Tehsil Handwara. 

PCs 1-Harduring, 2-Chontiwari, 3-Machil, 4-Kalaroch, 5-Khumrayal, 6-Kanthpora, 
7-Wawoora,  8-Maidanpora,  9-Khurhama,  10-Warnow,  11-Krusan,  12-Sogam, 
13-Darapora,  14-Lalpora,  15-Chandigam,  16-Tekipora,  17-Dewar  Inderbug,             
19-Manigah, 29-Haihama, 45-Dardapora in Kupwara Tehsil. 

PCs 8-Maidan Chogal, 28-Taratpora, 29-Wilgam, 30-Lilam, 31-Dulipora, 32-Opzawani, 
33-Shogapora, 34-Neelipora, 35-Magam, 36-Jagarpora, 39-Behnipora, 40-Rajpora, 
41-Zachaldara, 42-Wadder, 43-Turkapora, 44-Chanjimulla, 45-Wadipora, 46-Bhaki 
Akhar,  47-Batakoot,  48-Braripora,  49-Waripora  Gonipora,  50-Nutanoosa, 
51-Kandikhas, 52-Handwara; 53- Dhama, 54-Panchakoot in Tehsil Handwara; and 
21-Kegam, 28-Nagrimalpora, 24-Najatpora in Tehsil Kupwara. 

PCs 1- Langate, 2-Unusu, 3-Pohrupeth, 4-Glura, 5- Martgam, 6-Hanga, 7-Shanoo, 
9-Nowgam, 10-Mawar, 11- Qalamchakla, 12- Adura, 13-Haril, 14-Drangsoo-Shah- 
Nagri, 15-Udipora, 16- Kralagund, 17-Lokipora, 18-Kichlo Qazipora, 19-Khaipora, 
20-Panditpora,  21-Super-Nagam,  22-Ashapora,  23-Safalpora,  24-Kralpora, 
25-Deedarpora, 26-Shathgund-Balla, 27-Rawalpora, 37-Wasiakawnar, 38-Lachampora 
in Tehsil Handwara. 

BARAMULLA DISTRICT 

All PCs in Tehsil Uri. 

PCs 11-Chakloo, 12- Nadihal, 13-Shitloo, 15-Biner Kahdoora in Tehsil Baramulla; 
and 

PCs  5-Nowpora  Kalan,  8-Watergam,  9-Fidarpora,  10-Handipora,  11-Yarbug,  
12-Riban-Ramhama, 13-Ladora, 14-Rehama, 15-Chijahama, 16-Wanpora, 17-Panzalla- 
Gundabal, 18-Sailkoot, 19-Balhama-Thakanpora, 20-Chatoosa, 21-Dangiwacha, 
22-Rawacha, 23-Harduchanam, 24-Bakshipora-Batapora, 25-Zithan, 36- Behrampora, 
37-Chitlora, 38- Achabal in Tehsil Sopore. 

PCs 1-Sopore with NAC, 2-Warapora, 3-Arampora, 4-Dangerpora, 6-Watalab, 
32- Seeloo, 33- Botingoo, 34- Mundji, 35-Duroo, 39-Hardu-Shiva, 41-Aadipora- 
Bomai, 42-Wadoora, 40-Tujar-Pahlihar, 43- Harwan, 44- Zaloora in Tehsil Sopore. 

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1 
9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

2 

Gurez 

Bandipora 

Sonawari 

Sangrama 

13. 

Baramulla 

14. 

Gulmarg 

15. 

Pattan 

16. 

17. 

Kangan 

Ganderbal 

18. 

Hazratbal 

19. 

Zadibal 

20. 

Idgah 

21. 

Khanyar 

22. 

23. 

Habbakadal 

Amirakadal 

24. 

Sonawar 

All PCs in Tehsil Gurez. 

3 

All PCs in Tehsil Bandipora; and PC 1- Ajas of Tehsil Sonawari. 

All PCs in Tehsil Sonawari excluding PC 1-Ajas. 

PCs  16-Kreeri,  17-Wizar,  18-Authora,  19-Shalakawara,  20-Nowpora-Jagir, 
21-Wagoora, 22-Kachumuqam, 24- Manigam, 25-Kalantara-Balla, 26 - Dandmoh, 
27- Sultanpora-Kandi in Tehsil Baramulla; and 7-Tarzoo, 26-Hygam, 27-Seer-Jagir, 
28-Bulagam, 29-Sangrama, 30-Krank-Shivan, 31-Wagub in Tehsil Sopore. 

PCs 1- Laridora, 2- Heewan, 30 Malapora, 4-Kich-Hama, 50-Ushkara, 6-Khanpora 
with NAC, 7-Khaja-Bagh, 8-Taki-Sultan, 9-Khaitangan, 10-Delina, 14-Kansipora, 
23- Chandoosa in Tehsil Baramulla. 

All  PCs  in  Teshil  Gulmarg;  and  2-Wailoo  Kralpora,  8-Sriwarpora,  9-Chokar, 
10-Waripora-Bangil, 12-Malmoh, 13-Nowlari, 16-Yal in Tehsil Pattan. 

Tehsil Pattan excluding 2-Wailoo-Kralpora, 8-Sriwarapora, 9-Chokar, 10-Waripora 
Bangil, 12-Malmoh, 13-Nowlari and 16-Yal. 

SRINAGAR DISTRICT 

All PCs of  Tehsil Kangan; and PCs -Manigam, 2-Wailoo, 3-Nunar in Tehsil Ganderwal. 

Tehsil Ganderbal excluding 1-Manigam, 2-Wailoo, 3-Nunar and P.C. Haran in Srinagar 
Tehsil. 

Ward 16 in Srinagar Municipality (excluding Municipal areas not falling in Srinagar 
Tehsil but falling in Ganderbal Tehsil) and PC 9-Bachpora in Tehsil Ganderbal and 
Wards  17  and  12  except  the  following  Mohallas  of  Ward  12;  Mugal  Mohalla, 
Surateng,  Khawjapora,  Kocha  Nidan,  Zindashah  and  boat  population  of  these 
wards. 

Wards 14 and 15 in Srinagar Municipality and boat population of Anchar and of the 
ghats of these wards. 

Wards 8 and 11 in Srinagar Municipality and P.C. 38-Palpora and 41-Sangam in 
Srinagar Tehsil. 

Wards  10-13  of  Srinagar  Municipality  and  the  following  mohallas  of Ward 
12-Mugal Mohalla, Surateng, Khawjapora, Zindshah and Kocha Nidan and boat 
population of these wards. 

Wards 7 and 9 in Srinagar Municipality and boat population of Wards 6, 7 and 9. 

Wards 3 and 4 in Srinagar Municipality excluding (i) Natipora (rural), (ii) Rawalpora 
(rural), (iii) Hyderpora (rural); 

and excluding Aramwari, Gund Chandal, Stingoo, Sutho Kirther Bagh in  Tehsil 
Chadoora and Watdoor, Galwanpora Laloo and Shesgam Bagh in Tehsil Badgam 
and boat population of these wards and of Ward 5. 

Wards 1 and 2 in Srinagar Municipality and Badamibagh Cantonment and P.C. 
21-Chitrahama, 19-Dara, 29-Khunmu, 30-Balhama, 31-Zewan in Tehsil Sringar and 
boat population of ghats in these  wards. 

25. 

Batamaloo 

Wards 5 and 6 in Srinagar Municipality; and PCs 6-Mujgund, 42-Bachipora Tengpora 
in Srinagar Tehsil. 

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1 

2 

26. 

Chadoora 

27. 

Badgam 

28. 

Beerwah 

29. 

Khansahib 

30. 

Chrar-i-Sharief 

31. 

32. 

Tral 

Pampore 

33. 

Pulwama 

34. 

Rajpora 

35.  Wachi 

BUDGAM DISTRICT 

3 

The following Patwar Circles of Tehsil Chadoora, 16-Chadoora, 24-Chattergam, 
25-Wagora, 26-Wathura, 27-Khanda, 28-Bugam Batapora, 29-Kralpora, 30-Hayatpora, 
31-Pohroo,  32-Rakh  Shalina,  33-Bagati  Kanipora,  34-Nowgam,  35-Kanihama, 
36-Daulatpora,  38-Natipora  rural  area  outside  Srinagar  Municipal  limits  in             
ward  4  and  39-Lasjan  and  Aramwari,  Gund,  Chandal  Stengoo,  Suthoo, 
Kirtherbagh and 40-Kursu Padshahibagh. 

PCs 1-Soibugh, 2-Dhrmana, 3-Wahabpora, 4-Arth, 5-Wadwan, 6-Bemina, 7-Pallar, 
8-Garriend Kalan, 9-Sholipra, 10-Nassar-ullah-Pora, 11-Jahama, 12-Water-Wani, 
28-Chune,  29-Badgam,  30-Ompora,  31-Narkara,  32-Humhama,  35-Karewa 
Damodar,  36-Gund-Sathu,  37-Ichakoot,  38-Ichgam,  33-Rawalpora  (rural),  34-
Hyderpora (rural) in Badgam Tehsil. 

PCs  1-Suzeth-Gooripora,  2-Kawoosa  Khalisa,  3-Kawoosa  Jagir,  4-Batapora 
Kahihama, 5-Sanoor-Kalipora, 6-Hardu Malpora, 7-Bandagam, 8-Utligam, 9-Mula- 
Shulla, 10-Sonapah, 12-Gondipora, 21-Shanglipora, 22-Khag, 23-Malpora Khag, 
24-Himchipora,  25-Lalpora,  26-Beerwah,  27-Chewdara,  28-Peth  Mukahama, 
29-Rathusun,  30-Bona  Makhama,  31-Nagam,  32-Iskanderpora,  33-Aripanthan, 
34-Palpora, 36-Hardua-Shorsh in Tehsil Beerwah. 

PCs 1-Hokhalatri, 13-Phartahn, 14-Kandoora, 15-Drahg, 16-Sitaharan, 17-Zogikharian, 
18-Arizal, 19-Qamroo, 20-Rawalpora-Beerwah; and PC 35- Sail in Tehsil Berwah; 
and PCs 13-Waterhail, 14-Jawalapora, 15-Sondipora, 16-Dalipora, 17-Yari Khah, 
18-Talapora,  19-Parnawah,  20-Drayagram,  21-Frestwar  Khasipora,  22-Arigam, 
23-Khan Sahib, 24-Raithan, 25-Kachwari, 26-Gurwait Kalan, 27-Falchall in Tehsil 
Budgam. 

PCs 1-Gogji Pathari, 2-Brinjan, 3-Hafroo Batapora, 4-Branawar, 5-Surasyar, 6-Dada- 
Ompara,  7-Hanjura,  8-Nowpora,  9-Pakharpora,  10-Hardu  Dalwan  Futlipora, 
11-Teelsarah, 12-Chrar-i-Sharief, 13-Watkaloo, 14-Darawan Nowgam, 15-Chtsesn, 
17-Nagam, 18-Badipora, 19-Yarikalan, 20-Ropora Namtihal, 21-Kanir, 22-Ranger, 
23-Sogam, 37-Nowhar in Tehsil Chadoora. 

PULWAMA DISTRICT 

All PCs in Tehsil Tral. 

All PCs in Tehsil Pampore and Patwar Circles 26-Awantipora, 27-Padgampora, 
29-Lilhar, 46-Nihama, 47-Kakapora in Tehsil Pulwama. 

PCs 1-Inder, 2-Gangoo, 5-Pulwama with NAC, 9-Ratnipora, 10-Pahoo, 11-Trich, 
12-Koil,  13-Pinglina,  14-Narwa,  17-Litter-Shistar,  18-Nayina,  19-Panzgam, 
20-Dogripora, 21-Rishipora, 22-Laderpur, 23-Nownagri, 24-Tokna, 25-Malangpora, 
28-Lajoora,  40-Palapora,  45-Newa,  48-Jagir  Parigam,  49-Tumchi  Nowpora, 
50-Hakripora in Tehsil Pulwama. 

PCs  3-Karimabad,  4-Moran,  6-Kangan,  7-Wahibugh,  8-Gosoo,  15-Bonarah, 
16-Trichal, 30-Ramoo, 31-Billowdergund, 32-Qasbayar, 33-Drubgam, 34-Mitrigam, 
35-Abhama, 36-Trujan, 37-Khaigam, 38-Noorpora Payeen, 39-Arihal, 41-Tahab- 
Shadipora, 42-Achan, 43-Chandigam, 44-Rajpora in Tehsil Pulwama. 

PCs  8-Kalroo  Malikgund,  9-Nadigam,  11-Dangerpora,  12-Turka  Wangam, 
13-Urapora,  14-Hardu-Handow,  15-Harmain,  16-Chak-Chowand,  17-Kapran, 
19-Dangam, 20-Chakora, 21-Pratabpora, 24-Kanji-Ullar, 25-Chitragam,, 26-Darikalpora, 
27-Hef, 28-Sugan, 29-Awnera, 30-Wachi, 31-Aglar, 32-Zainapora, and 39-Allowpora- 
Sheikhpora in Tehsil Shopian. 

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Shopian 

37. 

Noorabad. 

38. 

Kulgam 

39. 

Home-Shalibugh 

40. 

Anantnag 

41. 

Devsar 

42. 

Doru 

43. 

Kokernag 

44. 

Shangus 

45. 

Bijbehara 

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PCs  1-Saidapora,  2-Meemandar,  3-Arhama,  4-Pinjoora,  5-Ganowpora  Arish,             
6-Bemnipora, 7-Harapora, 10-Trenz, 18-Vehilchal-Awatoo, 22-Sedew, 23-Ram Nagri, 
33-Diyaroo, 34-Barthipora, 35-Daramdoora, 36-Zoora-Baderhama, 37-Narapora, 
38-Keegam, 40-Keller Mastpora, 41-Pahlipora, 42-Sindhu-Shrimal, 43-Shopian, 
44-Devipora (forest block) in Tehsil Shopian. 

ANANTNAG DISTRICT 

PCs  5-Malwan,  6-Pahloo,  7-Akhal,  23-Gudder,  34-Brinal  Lamber,  46-Damhal- 
Hanjipora,  47-Ahmada-Abad,  48-Yaroo,  49-Hardu-Mandagori,  51-Manzgam, 
52-Asnoor, 53-Wattoo, 54-Avil, 55-Khuri-Batapora, 56-Nagam, 57-Danow-Kandimarg, 
58-Bdi-Jehalan, 59-Chimar, 60-Qasba Khul, 61-Nandimarg in Tehsil Kulgam. 

PCs  1-Kulgam  with  NAC,  2-Hanad-Chawalgam,  3-Amnoo,  4-Chamabagund, 
11-Ashmuji, 19-Mirhama, 20-Akey, 21-Pariwan, 22-Chehla, 24-Areh, 25-Bihibagh, 
26-Gopalpora, 38-Bugam, 39-Tarigam-Devsar, 43-Yamroch, 44-Munand-Guffan, 
45-Katersoo, 50-Largurhama in Tehsil Kulgam. 

PCs  8-Uranhal,  9-Tuli-Nowpora,  10-Kujar,  12-Redwani,  13-Arwani,  14-Frisal, 
15-Jablipora, 16-Wanpora, 17-Hassanpora Tavela, 18-Khandi-Phari, 40-Tarigam- 
Devibugh, 41-Matibugh, 42-Homshalibugh in Tehsil Kulgam. 

PCs 1-Qasba Bhagat, 2-Khanabal, 3-Roohoo, 4-Kamar, 5-Anchidoora, 6-Hardu- 
Chichan, 10-Ranbirpora in Tehsil Anantnag. 

PCs 27-Devsar, 28-Bona Devsar, 29-Kilam-Buzgam, 30-Hablishi, 31-Nipora, 32-Laram- 
Ganipora, 33-Chowgam, 35-Razloo, 36-Waitengu, 37-Sopat Tengpora, 62-Oral in 
Tehsil Kulgam; and 

PCs 18-Vesoo, 19-Nasoo-Badargund, 20-Panzeth, 21-Kurigam, 23- Qazigund with 
NAC in Doru Tehsil. 

PCs  1-Doru,  2-Bragam,  3-Oibamdooth,  4-Mantpora,  5-Larkipora,  6-Hakura,- 
Badasgam, 7-Batgund, 8-Verinag, 9-Sadiwara, 10-Mundah, 11-Hiller, 12-Nowgam 
Shahabad, 13-Rain-Chowgund, 14-Thamankoot, 15-Qamar, 16-Halsidar, 17-Kapron, 
22-Wangund in Tehsil Doru. 

PCs 28-Saagam, 29-Bider-Hayatpora, 30-Bhai, 31-Akingam, 32-Nagam, 33-Soof-Shali, 
34-Panzgam, 35-Bindo-Zulangam, 36-Devalgam, 37-Nalla-Sund-Brari, 38-Lohar-Sanzi, 
39-Ahlan-Gadol, 40-Kharatti, 41-Desoo, 42-Kharapora, 43-Qasba-Nowbugh, 44-Mati 
Hundoo, 45-Larnoo, 46-Kokernag NAC, 47-Achabal NAC in Tehsil Anantnag. 

PCs 13-Sahibabad, 14-Nowgam, 15-Imoh, 16-Brakapora, 17-Shangus, 18-Uttarsoo, 
19-Kreri,  20-Chatergul,  21-Ghikalpora,  22-Ranipora,  23-Detho-Nagnarian, 
24-Gopalpora, 25-Telwani, 26-Kwarigam, 27-Ahupaisan in Tehsil Anantnag. 

All PCs in Tehsil Bijbehara and PCs 7-Macha Bawan, 11-Nanilang, 12-Akora in 
Tehsil Anantnag. 

46. 

Pahalgam 

All PCs in Tehsil Pahalgam and PCs 8-Seer-Kanligund, 9-Salia in Tehsil Anantnag. 

47. 

Kishtwar 

DODA DISTRICT 

PCs 1-Marghi, 2-Inshan, 3-Yerudu, 4-Renai, 5-Nowpachi, 6-Chanjer, 7-Qaderana, 
8-Deharana, 9-Lopara, 10-Loharna, 11-Soundhar, 19-Palmar, 30-Trigam, 31-Kishtwar, 
32-Matta, 33-Poochal, 34-Dool, 35-Bhagnah, 36-Galarbahta, 37-Atholi, 38-Sohal, 
39-Ishtiari, 40-Gulabgarh, 41-Massu, 42-Kishtwar NAC, 43-Forest Block in Tehsil 
Kishtwar. 

48. 

Inderwal 

PCs 12-Chingam, 13-Inderwal, 14-Chatroo, 15-Sigdi, 16-Moolchhiter, 17-Drubeel, 
18-Kochal, 20-Filler, 21-Pakhalan, 22-Keshwan, 23-Shandri, 24-Sangna, 25-Patnazi, 

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Doda 

50. 

Bhaderwah 

26-Jawalapur, 27-Loundri, 28-Badhat and 29-Karool in Tehsil Kishtwar; PCs 
1-Jakyas in Tehsil Bhalesa (Gandoh) and following PCs of Tehsil Thathri:— 

1-Jangalwar, 3-Malanoo, 4-Kansu, 10-Kandote. 

All PCs of Tehsil Doda except 8-Dessa, 9-Dhandal, 10-Kastigarh, 11-Shamti, 
12-Chaka Kundi, 13-Assar, 14-Charrota. 

All PCs of Tehsil Bhaderwah and PCs 2-Budhli, 3-Chilli, 4-Drawani, 5-Kahal Jugasar, 
6-Budwar, 7-Chanisar, 8-Kilotran, 9-Kharangal, 10-Gandoh in Tehsil Bhalesa ; and 

PCs 2-Jora, 5-Bhaja, 6-Bhalla, 7-Jagiti, 8-Bhallari, 9-Rokali, 11-Pamshayee in Tehsil 
Thathri. 

51. 

Ramban (SC) 

All PCs of Tehsil Ramban except 5-Sarbagni and PCs of 8-Dessa, 9-Dhandhal, 
10-Kastigarh, 11-Shamti, 12-Chaka, 13-Assar, 14-Charrota of Tehsil Doda. 

52. 

Banihal 

All PCs of Tehsil Banihal and 5-Sarbagni in Tehsil Ramban. 

UDHAMPUR DISTRICT 

53. 

Gulabgarh 

PCs 2-Mahore, 2-Sarh, 3-Dewal, 4-Gulabgarh, 5-Chasote, 6-Bagankote, 7-Shergarhi, 
8-Shikari, 9-Kanthi, 10-Tulibana, 13-Shajroo in Tehsil Gulabgarh and PC 16-Jij in 
Tehsil Reasi. 

54. 

Reasi 

Tehsil Reasi except following PCs:— 

1. Salal, 15-Chinkah, 16-Jij, 17-Thakrakote and following PCs of Tehsil Udhampur:— 

13-Panjar, 14-Lali, 15-Ladah, 17-Dhandu, 18-Jhandawa, 32-Badhota and 19-Suhal. 

55. 

Gool Arnas 

Following PCs of Tehsil Gool Gulabgarh:— 

11-Thuru, 12-Bhudhan, 14-Kanthan, 15-Judda, 16-Dhanow, 17-Kali Masta, 18-Gool, 
19-Thatharka, 20-Sangaldan, 21-Forest Block ; and 1-Salal, 15-Chinkah, 17-Thakrakote 
in Tehsil Reasi. 

56. 

Udhampur 

All PCs of Tehsil Udhampur except the following PCs:— 

13-Panjar, 14-Lali, 15-Ladha, 17-Dhandu, 18-Jhandawa, 19-Suhal, 20-Ludha, 21-Balian, 
27-Sunal, 29-Meer, 30-Kathi, 32-Badhota. 

57. 

Chenani (SC) 

All PCs of Tehsil Chenani and following PCs of Tehsil Udhampur:— 

20-Ladha, 21-Balian, 27-Sunal, 29-Meer, 30-Kathi and following PCs of Tehsil 
Ramnagar. 

10-Dudu, 11-Latti, 31-Ghordi, 33-Hartarian, 34-Dandal, 35-Barmeen, 36-Nalla Ghoran. 

58. 

Ramnagar 

All PCs of Tehsil Ramnagar except the following:— 

59. 

Bani 

60. 

Basohli 

10-Dudu, 11-Latti, 31-Ghordi, 33-Hartarian, 34-Dhandal, 35-Barmeen, 36-Nala Ghoran. 

KATHUA DISTRICT 

PCs 14-Bani, 15-Banjal, 16-Fatehpur, 17-Sandroon, 18-Rolka, 19-Buggah, 20-Lowang, 
21-Kanthal, 22-Surjan, 23-Dhanggar, 24-Koti, 25-Forest Block in Tehsil Basohli and 
9-Godu Flal, 10-Bdnota, 11-Machadi, 20-Malhar in Tehsil Billawar. 

PCs 1-Thein, 2-Basantpur, 3-Lakhanpur, 4-Hatli, 7-Tridwan, 36-Lakhanpur NAC, 
29-Berthian and 30-Sorlian in Tehsil Kathua and PCs 1-Basohli, 1-a-Basohli NAC, 
2-Sandhar, 3-Hutt, 4-Bhoond, 5-Saman, 6-Dhar Jankar, 7-Dhar Mahanpur, 8-Plahi, 
9-Prita, 10- Saber, 11-Patti, 12-Athalith, 13-Mahanpur in Tehsil Basohli and PCs 
21-Dhar Digno, 22-Huttar, 23-Dambra in Tehsil Billawar. 

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Kathua 

62. 

Billawar 

63. 

Hiranagar (SC) 

64. 

Samba (SC) 

65. 

Vijaypur 

66. 

Nagrota 

67. 

Gandhinagar 

68. 

69. 

70. 

71. 

Jammu East 

Jammu West 

Bishnah 

R.S. Pura (SC) 

72. 

Suchetgarh 

73.  Marh 

3 

PCs 5-Dilwan, 6-Maha, 8-Kharote, 9-Taraf Manjili, 10-Taraf Tajwal, 11-Karian, 
12-Taraf Bajwal, 13-Changran, 14-Govindsar, 15-Chak Soon Noopa, 16-Khakhyal, 
17-Mirpur Ram, 18-Taraf Balla, 20-Katharian, 21-Janglote, 22-Loagate, 23-Jakhbar, 
24-Airwan, 26-Chak Sakta, 27-Budhi, 28-Nanan, 31-Barwal, 32-Jherhere, 33-Kathua 
Forest Block, 34-Kathua NAC, 35-Perlain and 25-Folote in Tehsil Kathua. 

PCs 11-Katli, 17-Bhaya, 21-Denga Amb, 23-Dhamal, 25-Mangloor, 26-Chelakh, 
27-Salain in Tehsil Hiranagar and PCs 1-Ramkot, 2-Makwal, 3-Salora, 4-Rajwlta, 
5-Danjisdhar, 6-Thara Kalwal, 7-Kalyal, 8-Thanthoo, 12-Kohag, 13-Malti, 14-Durang, 
15-Dharan Kote, 16-Bhaddu, 17-Billawar, 18-Billawar NAC, 19-Buggan, 24-Parnala, 
25-Pallan in Tehsil Billawar and PC 19-Juthana in Tehsil Kathua. 

1-Jatwal, 2-Nonath, 3-Ghagwal, 4-Sarath, 5-Bhatyari Kotlan, 6-Sanoora, 7-Mawa, 
8-Nohran, 9-Chachwal, 10-Sarti Kalan, 12-Chak Dulma, 13-Jondi, 14-Londi, 15-Rajpura, 
16-Kootah, 18-Gurah Mathian, 19-Bavia, 20-Katal Brahmana, 24-Hamirpur, 28-Chhan 
Rorian, 29-Marheen, 22-Saiswan, 30-Khanpur, 31-Hiranagar, 32-Hiranagar NAC, 
33-Pansar, 34-Kore Punu, 35-Chak Deva, 36-Chak Bhagwana, 37-Chak Kahna, 
38-Chadwal, 39-Forest Block in Tehsil Hiranagar. 

JAMMU DISTRICT 

PCs 1-NAC Samba, 2-Samba Khas, 3-Taloor, 4-Amli, 5-Durin, 6-Katli, 7-Ram Nagar, 
8-Pingdore, 11-Sunian, 10-Sarna, 12-Bhartgarh, 13-Suran, 14-Goran, 15-Balhter, 
17-Katwalta, 18-Kharah Madena, 21-Baghore, 22-Purmandal, 24-Mohar Garh, 
25-Badhari, 26-Kard in Tehsil Samba and PC 28-Chaudi in Jammu Tehsil. 

PCs 9-Khanpur, 20-Vijaypur, 23-Gurah Salathian, 28-Harmander, 29-Chak Salarian, 
30-Nanga, 31-Logwal, 32-Keso Manhasan, 33-Ramgarh, 34-Gho-Brahmana, 35 Chak 
Chataka, 36-Chann Fatwal, 37-Abtal, 38-Swankha, 39-Mahal Shan, 40-Rari, 
41-Smailpur, 27-Birpur, 42-Tarore, 43-Bagla, 44-Gandwal in Tehsil Samba. 

PCs 39-Ranjan, 40-Sarote, 41-Jandial, 42-Gorda, 44-Nagrota, 45-Dansal, 46-Jhajar 
Kotli, 47-Thara, 48-Bamyal, 49-Katal Batal, 50-Shiba, 51-Jagti, 52-Jindrah, 53-Kanyala, 
54-Kothar, 55-Kharte, 56-Dhan, 57-Songoon, 58-Ponthal, 59-Surinsar in Tehsil Jammu 
and PCs 16-Bain Bajalta, 19-Aitham in Tehsil Samba. 

Ward-16 (Gandhinagar), Ward-17 (Naibasti), Ward-22 (Chhani Rama), Ward-23 
(Bahu), 24-Digiana, 26-Bahu, 27-Sunjwan, 29-Gadigarh, 30-Satwari in Tehsil Jammu. 

Wards 1 to 6, 9, 10, 12 and 15. 

Wards 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 and 21. 

All PCs in Tehsil Bishnah and 25-Naugran in Tehsil Jammu. 

PCs 1-Salhar, 2-Rathana, 3-Kandlihar, 4-Khour, 5-Kalyana, 14-R.S. Pura with NAC, 
15-Khas Gigian, 16-Chohalla, 19-Kirpind, 20-Kotli Shah Dula, 25-Marlia, 24-Darsopur, 
35-Gondla in Tehsil R.S. Pura. 

PCs 6-Dablihar, 7-Magowali, 8-Parlah, 9-Chak Baza, 10-Nekowal, 11-Jevroh, 12-Saie 
Kalan, 13-Chak Mulo, 17-Badyal Brahmana, 18-Jssore, 21-Chak Agra, 22-Fatehpur 
Brahmana, 25-Samka, 26-Baspur, 27-Rangpur Malana, 28-Suchetgarh, 29-Chandu 
Chak, 30-Satowali, 31-Grarana, 32-Badyal Qazian, 33-Abdal, 34-Chakroi in Tehsil 
R.S. Pura. 

PCs 60-Prahaladpur, 61-Mandal, 62-Sum, 65-Gho Manhasan, 66-Sohanjana, 67-Thub, 
68-Sahran, 69-Rathua, 70-Chanore, 71-Makwal, 72-Gool, 74-Gajansoo, 75-Kalyanpur, 
76-Kahnachak,  77-Marh,  78-Gangoo  Chak,  79-Kalrup,  80-Dhateryal,  31-Flora 
Nagbani in Tehsil Jammu. 

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74. 

Raipur Domana (SC) 

75. 

Akhnoor 

76. 

Chhamb (SC) 

77. 

78. 

Nowshera 

Darhal 

3 

PCs 31-Paloura, 32-Muthi, 33-Barn, 34-Siri Panditan, 35-Gharota, 36-Raipur Domana, 
37-Kot Bhalwal, 38-Amb, 43-Kaink, 63-Hakkal, 64-Khandwal, 73-Bhadora, 82-Panjore 
in Tehsil  Jammu. 

PCs 1-Chowki, 2-Choura, 3-Kathar, 4-Mandarian, 8-Narri, 6-Ambaran, 7-Barui, 
9-Ganderwan, 10-Manda, 11-Akhnoor Khas, 12-Sungal, 13-Pangairi, 14-Devipur, 
15-Chak Kirpalpur, 16-Jadh, 17-Muthi Maira, 18-Rakh Dhoke, 19-Saliote, 20-Ghar 
Majoor, 21-Mawa Brahmana, 22-Leherian in Tehsil Akhnoor. 

PCs 8-Mattoo, 24-Gurah Manhasan, 25-Sarwal,  23-Pargwal, 26-Bhalwal Malu, 
27-Hamirpur, 28-Bakore, 29-Chak Malal, 30-Derian, 31-Sainth, 32-Gigarial, 33-Khour, 
34-Kot Mera, 35-Palanwala, 36-Kharah, 37-Nathal, 38- Doori, 39-Chhani Dewanoo, 
40-Samuan, 41-Chakla in Tehsil Akhnoor. 

RAJOURI DISTRICT 

All PCs of Tehsil Nowshara except 11-Narian and all PCs of Tehsil Sunderbani. 

All PCs of Tehsil Budhal except 3-Khawas, 6-Kote Chalwal and following PCs of 
Tehsil Thanamandi :— 

5-Darhal, 6-Chowdian, 7-Nadian, 8-Ujhan ; and PC 4-Nagrota in Tehsil Rajouri. 

79. 

Rajouri 

Following PCs of Tehsil Rajouri :— 

1-Gambir  Muglan,  2-Dani-Dhar,  7-Bathooni,  8-Sarola,  9-Sohana,  10-Doongi 
Brahmana, 11-Katarmal, 12-Deri Delote, 13-Panj Grain, 14-Galhoti, 15-Fatehpur, 
17-Bagla, 19-Rampur with NAC Rajouri with following PCs of Thanamandi Tehsil:— 

1-Dodasan Balla, 2-Saaj, 3-Shahdara Sharief, 4-Hosplote, 10-Thanamandi with NAC 
and 9-Bharote. 

80. 

Kalakote 

All PCs of Tehsil Kalakote and following PCs of Tehsil Rajouri :— 

2-Dalhari, 3-Dhangri, 6-Potha Grlana, 16-Khanpur Chingus, 18-Bhadoon and PC 
11-Narian of Tehsil Nowshera ; and 

3-Khaskote Chalwal of Budhal Tehsil. 

POONCH DISTRICT 

81. 

Surankote 

All PCs in Surankote Tehsil and PCs 12-Rajpur, 21-Shindra, 22-Seri-Khawja in Poonch 
Tehsil. 

82.  Mendhar 

All PCs of Tehsil Mendhar. 

83. 

Poonch Haveli 

All PCs of Tehsil Poonch except 12-Rajpur, 21-Shindra, 22-Sheri Khawja. 

Note.—Any reference in this table to a Tehsil, Patwar Circle (P.C.), Ward or N.A.C. (Notified Area Committee) shall be taken 
to mean the area comprised within that Tehsil, Patwar Circle, Notified Area Committee or Ward as on 1-4-1995. 

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The Fourth Schedule 

(See Sections 16, 24 and 54) 

FORMS OF OATHS OR AFFIRMATIONS 

I 

FORM OF OATH OR AFFIRMATION TO BE MADE BYA CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE LEGISLATIVE 
ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

“I, A.B., having been nominated as a candidate to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of  

do 
swear in the name of God/ solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law 
established and that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of  India.” 

II 

FORM OF OATH OR AFFIRMATION TO BE MADE BYA MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE 
UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

“I, A.B., having been elected (or nominated) a member of the Legislative Assembly of  

do  swear in 
the name of God/ solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, 
that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to 
enter.” 

III 

FORM OF OATH OF OFFICE FOR AMEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE UNION TERRITORY OF 
JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

“I, A.B.,  

do swear in the name of God/ solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the 
Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and 
conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the Union territory of  
, and that I will do right to all 
manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear and favour, affection or ill-will.” 

IV 

FORM OF OATH OF SECRECY FORA MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE UNION TERRITORY OF 
JAMMU AND KASHMIR 

“I, A.B.,  

do swear in the name of God/ solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate 
or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as 
a Minister for the Union territory of  
, except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as 
such  Minister.” 

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(See Sections 95 and 96) 

TABLE - 1 

CENTRAL LAWS MADE APPLICABLE TO THE UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR; AND 
UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH 

S.No.  Name of the Act 

Section/Amendments 

1. 

The Aadhar (Targeted Delivery of 

Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits 

and Services) Act, 2016. 

The Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985. 

The Anand Marriage Act, 1909. 

 In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

Clause  (b)  of  sub-section  (2)  of  section  1  shall  be 
Omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. 

Proviso to sub-section (2) of section 1 shall be omitted. 

The Prohibition of Benami Property 
Transactions  Act, 1988. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Charitable Endowment Act, 1890. 

The Chit Funds Act, 1982. 

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. 

The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 

The Commercial Courts Act, 2015. 

The Commissions for Protection of 

Child Rights Act, 2006. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

Clause  (a)  of  sub-section  (3)  of  section  1  shall  be 
omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Commissions  of Inquiry Act, 1952. 

Proviso to sub-section (2) of section 1 shall be omitted. 

The Consumer Protection Act, 1986. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. 

Proviso to sub-section (2) of section 1 shall be omitted. 

The Delimitation Act, 2002. 

As amended by this Act. 

The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 
1939. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act, 
1976. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State of 
Jammu and Kashmir”  shall  be omitted. 

The Drugs and Magic Remedies 
(Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State of 
Jammu and Kashmir”  shall  be omitted. 

The Easements Act, 1891. 

Extended as whole. 

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2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

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21. 

The Electricity Act, 2003. 

Section/Amendments 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

22. 

23. 

The Employees Provident Funds and 
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Employment of Manual Scavengers and 
Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) 
Act, 1993. 

Extended as whole. 

24. 

The Enemy Property Act, 1968. 

25. 

The Energy Conservation Act, 2001. 

26. 

The Family Courts Act, 1984. 

27. 

The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855. 

28. 

The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

29. 

30. 

The General Clauses Act, 1897. 

Extended as whole. 

The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances 
and Privileges) Act, 1982. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

31. 

The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2009. 

32. 

The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “the  State of 
Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

33. 

The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance 
Act, 1956. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

34. 

The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916. 

35. 

The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

36. 

The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 
1956. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

37. 

The Hindu Succession Act, 1956. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

38. 

39. 

The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920. 

Extended as whole. 

The Indecent Representation of Women 
(Prohibition) Act, 1986. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

40. 

The Indian Boilers Act, 1923. 

41. 

The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872. 

42. 

The Indian Contract Act, 1872. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

44 

 
 
 
43. 

44. 

45. 

46. 

50. 

51. 

S.No.  Name of the Act 

Section/Amendments 

The Indian Easements Act, 1882. 

Extended as whole. 

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Indian Forest Act, 1927. 

Extended as whole. 

The Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947. 

47. 

The Indian Partnership Act, 1932. 

48. 

The Indian Penal Code, 1860. 

49. 

The Indian Stamp Act, 1899. 

The Indian Succession Act, 1925. 

Extended as whole. 

The Indian Trusts Act, 1882. 

52. 

The Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984. 

53. 

The Judges Protection Act, 1985. 

54. 

The Judicial Officers (Protection) Act, 1850. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In section 1, words, “except the State of Jammu and 
Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In section 1, words, “except the State of Jammu and 
Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

55. 

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection 
of Children) Act, 2015. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

56. 

The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. 

57. 

The Limitation Act, 1963. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

58. 

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and 
Senior Citizens Act, 2007. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

59. 

The Majority Act, 1875. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

60. 

61. 

62. 

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy 
Act, 1971. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application 
Act, 1937. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on 
Divorce) Act, 1986. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

63. 

The National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

64. 

65. 

The National Commission for Minority 
Educational Institutions Act, 2004. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The National Commission for  Safai 
Karamcharis Act, 1993. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

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Section/Amendments 

66. 

The National Commission for Women Act, 1990.  In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 

of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

67. 

The National Council for Teacher Education 
Act, 1993. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

67-A 

The National Security Act, 1980. 

68. 

The National Trust for Welfare of Persons with 
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and 
Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999. 

69. 

The Oaths Act, 1969. 

70. 

The Partition Act, 1893. 

71. 

The Pharmacy Act, 1948. 

72. 

The Powers-of-Attorney Act, 1882. 

73. 

74. 

The Preconception and Pre-natal Diagnostic 
Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) 
Act, 1994. 

The Prevention of Blackmarketing and 
Maintenance of Supplies of Essential 
Commodities Act, 1980. 

75. 

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In section 1, words, “except the State of Jammu and 
Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

76. 

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.  In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 

of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

77. 

78. 

79. 

80. 

81. 

The Prevention of Damage to Public Property 
Act, 1984. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Prisoners Act, 1900. 

The Prisons Act, 1894. 

Extended as whole. 

Extended as whole. 

The Private Security Agencies (Regulation) 
Act, 2005. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme 
(Banning) Act, 1978. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

82. 

The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. 

83. 

The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

84. 

85. 

The Prohibition of Employment as Manual 
Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Protection of Children From Sexual Offences 
Act, 2012. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

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Section/Amendments 

86. 

87. 

88. 

89. 

90. 

91. 

92. 

93. 

94. 

The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993. 

Proviso to sub-section (2) of section 1 shall be omitted. 

The Protection of Women from Domestic 
Violence Act, 2005. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Public Gambling Act, 1867. 

The Public Records Act, 1993. 

The Registration Act, 1908. 

Extended as whole. 

Extended as whole. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Religious Endowments Act, 1863. 

Extended as whole. 

The Religious Institutions (Prevention of 
Misuse) Act, 1988. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory 
Education Act, 2009. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

The Right to Fair Compensation and 
Transparency in Land Acquisition, 
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

94A. 

The Representation of People Act, 1951. 

In Section (2), 

(i) In  sub-section  (1)  in  clause  (d),  the  words  “other 
than  the  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir”  shall  be 
omitted; and 
(ii) Sub-section (5) shall be omitted. 
In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

95. 

The Right to Information Act, 2005. 

96. 

The Sale of Goods Act, 1930. 

The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional 
Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forests Rights) 
Act, 2007. 

97. 

98. 

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled 
Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

99. 

The Special Marriage Act, 1954. 

100. 

The Specific Relief Act, 1963. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

101. 

The Suits Valuation Act, 1887. 

Extended as whole. 

102. 

The Transfer of Property Act, 1882. 

Extended as whole. 

103. 

The Transplantation of Human Organs and 
Tissues Act, 1994. 

Extended as whole. 

104. 

The Wakf Act, 1995. 

105. 

The Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2014. 

106. 

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

In sub-section (2) of section 1, words, “except the State 
of Jammu and Kashmir” shall be omitted. 

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1 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

STATE LAWS WHICH SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO THE UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR 
AND UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH WITH AMENDMENTS 

TABLE-2 

S.No.  Year 

No. 

3 

Short title 

4 

Amendments 

5 

XLII  The Transfer of Property Act 

Section 139 and section 140 shall be omitted. 

V 

The Jammu and Kashmir 
Alienation of Land Act 

Section 4 and section 4-A shall be omitted; 

2 

Svt 1977 
(1920 AD) 

Svt 1995 
(1938 AD) 

Svt 2007 
(1950 AD) 

XVII  The Jammu and Kashmir Big 
Landed Estates Abolition Act 

Section 20-A shall be omitted. 

1960 

XXXVIII  The Jammu and Kashmir Land 

Grants Act 

A.  Provisos to sub-section 1 of section 4 shall be 
omitted; and 
B.  Clause (i) of sub-section 2 of section 4 shall be 
omitted. 

1976 

XVII  The Jammu and Kashmir 

Section 17 shall be omitted. 

Agrarian Reforms Act 

1989 

X 

The Jammu and Kashmir 
Cooperative Societies Act 

Sub-Clause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of 
section 17 shall be omitted. 

2004 

XIV 

The Jammu and Kashmir 
Reservation Act 

A. In section 2 after clause (g), the following clause 
shall be inserted namely:— 

“(ga)  “economically  weaker  sections”  means 
such  categories  as  may  be  notified  by 
the 
Government  from  time  to  time,  on  the  basis  of 
family  income  and  other  indicators  of  economic 
disadvantage,  other  than  the  classes  or  categories 
defined in clauses (m), (n) and (o)”; 

B. In section 3, in sub-section (1),— 

(i) in clause (a), the word “and” occurring at the 

end shall be omitted; 

(ii) in clause (b), for the words “backward classes:”, 
the  words  “backward  classes;  and”  shall  be 
substituted; 

(iii) after clause (b), the following clause shall be 

inserted, namely:— 

“(c) economically weaker sections:”; 

(iv) in  the  first  proviso,  for  the  words  “the  total 
percentage of reservation”, the words, brackets and 
letters “the total percentage of reservation provided 
in clauses (a) and (b)” shall be  substituted; 

(v) in the second proviso, for the words “Provided 
further  that”,  the  following  shall  be  substituted, 
namely:— 

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1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

“Provided  further  that  the  reservation  in 
appointments in favour of the persons belonging to 
economically weaker sections shall be in addition to 
the  existing  reservation  as  provided  in  this  sub- 
section and shall be subject to a maximum of ten per 
cent. of the posts in each  category: 

Provided also that”. 

C. In section 9, in sub-section (1),— 

(i) for the portion beginning with “shall reserve” 
and ending with “from time to time;”, the following 
shall be substituted, namely:— 

“shall reserve seats in the Professional Institutions 

for candidates belonging  to,— 

(a)  reserved  categories  and  such  other 
classes or categories as may be notified from 
time to time; and 

(b)  economically weaker sections:”; 
(ii)  in  the  proviso,  for  the  words  “the  total 
percentage of reservation”, the words, brackets and 
letter “the total percentage of reservation provided 
in clause (a)” shall be  substituted; 

(iii) after the proviso, the following proviso shall 

be inserted, namely:— 

“Provided  further  that  the  reservation  in 
the  Professional  Institutions  in  favour  of 
the  persons  belonging 
to  economically 
weaker  sections  shall  be  in  addition  to  the 
existing  reservation  as  provided  in  this  sub-
section and shall be subject to a maximum of 
ten per cent. of the seats in each  category.”. 

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1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

20. 

21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 

26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 

STATE LAWS INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ACTS WHICH ARE REPEALED IN UNION TERRITORY OF 
JAMMU AND KASHMIR; AND UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH 

TABLE-3 

S.No. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir Accountability Commission Act, 2002. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Agricultural Income Tax Act, 1962. 

The Jammu and Kashmir [State] Agricultural Produce Marketing Regulation 
Act, 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Anand Marriage Act, 1954. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Animal Diseases (Control) Act, 1949. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Apartment Ownership Act, 1989. 

Act/Ordinance No. 

XXXVIII of 2002 

XXVI of 1997 

XXI of 1962 

XXXVI of 1997 

IX of  2011 

XV of 2006 

I of 1989 

The Jammu and Kashmir Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1997. 

XXXV of 1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Arya Samajist Marriages (Validation) Act, 1942. 

III of Svt. 1999 

The Jammu and Kashmir Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1959. 

XXVI of 1959 

The Jammu and Kashmir Banker's Books Evidence Act, 1920. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 2010. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Boilers Act, Samvat, 1991. 

The Buddhists Polyandrous Marriages Prohibition Act, 1941. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Cattle Trespass Act, 1920. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Charitable Endowments Act, 1989. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Chit Funds Act, 2016. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Christian Marriage and Divorce Act, 1957. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Cinematograph Act, 1933. 

The Code of Civil Procedure, Samvat 1977. 

The Code of Criminal Procedure, Samvat 1989. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Collection of Statistics Act, 2010. 

The Jammu and Kashmir [State] Commission for Women Act, 1999. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Commission of Inquiry Act, 1962. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Consumer Protection Act, 1987. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Contempt of Courts Act, 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Contingency Fund Act, 1957. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Contract Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Court Fees Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Court of Wards Act, Samvat 1977. 

VI of 1977 

V of  2010 

IV of  Svt.1991 

II of 1998 

VII of 1977 

XIV of 1989 

XI of  2016 

III of  1957 

XXIV of 1989 

X of Svt. 1977 

XXIII of  Svt. 1989 

XVIII of  2010 

V of 1999 

XXXII of 1962 

XIVI of 1987 

XXV of 1997 

XXIV of 1957 

IX of Svt.1977 

VII of Svt. 1977 

LII of Svt. 1977 

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31. 

32. 

33. 

34. 

35. 

36. 

37. 

38. 

39. 

40. 

41. 

42. 

43. 

44. 

45. 

46. 

47. 

48. 

49. 

50. 

51. 

52. 

53. 

54. 

55. 

56. 

57. 

58. 

59. 

60. 

61. 

62. 

S.No. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Amendment Act, Svt 1993. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1958. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1983. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Customs Act, Svt 1958. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Dehi Adalats Act, 2013. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Destruction of Records Act, 1920. 

Act/Ordinance No. 

I of Svt. 1993 

III of 1958 

X of 1983 

VIII of Svt.1958 

XV of  2013 

XII of 1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Displaced Persons (Permanent Settlement) Act, 1971. 

X of 1971 

The Jammu and Kashmir Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1942. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Dowry Restraint Act, 1960. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Easements Act, 1920. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Electricity Act, 2010. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Electricity (Duty) Act, 1963. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Employees Provident Funds (And)  Miscellaneous 
Provisions Act, 1961. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of 
Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 2010. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Energy Conservation Act, 2011. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Epidemic Diseases Act, 1920. 

X of Svt.1999 

XXXVI of 1960 

XIV of Svt.1977 

XIII of  2010 

XI of   1963 

XV of 1961 

XIX of  2010 

XIV of 2011 

XVI of 1977 

The (State) Evacuees (Administration of Property) (Validation of Orders, Proceedings IV of 1958 
and Acts) Act, 1958. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Evidence Act, Samvat 1977 (1920 A.D). 

The Jammu and Kashmir Fatal Accidents Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Act, Samvat 1987. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest (Conservation) Act, 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest (Sale of Timber) Act, Samvat 1987. 

The Jammu and Kashmir General Clauses Act, Samvat 1977. 

XIII of Svt.1977 

XVII of Svt.1977 

II of Svt.1987 

XXX of 1997 

III of Svt.1987 

XX of Svt. 1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1978. 

VII of 1978 

The Government Servants (Held in Detention) Act, 1956. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Permit for Resettlement in (or Permanent 
Return to) the State Act, 1982. 

XV of 1956 

X of 1982 

The Jammu and Kashmir Guardians and Wards Act, Samvat 1977. 

XIX of Svt.1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1960. 

II of 1960 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Disposition of Property Act, Samvat 1997. 

XVI of Svt. 1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 
Samvat 1997. 

XVIII of Svt. 1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Marriage Act, 1980. 

IV of 1980 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Marriage (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1963. 

XVI of 1963 

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Name of the Act 

Act/Ordinance No. 

63. 

64. 

65. 

66. 

67. 

68. 

69. 

70. 

71. 

72. 

73. 

74. 

75. 

76. 

77. 

78. 

79. 

80. 

81. 

82. 

83. 

84. 

85. 

86. 

87. 

88. 

89. 

90. 

91. 

92. 

93. 

94. 

95. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1957. 

VII of 1957 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Succession Act, 1956. 

XXXVIII of 1956 

The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Widows Remarriage and Property Act, Samvat 1989.  XXIX of Svt. 1989 

The Jammu and Kashmir Homeopathic Practitioner Act, 2003. 

VIII of 2003 

The Jammu and Kashmir Identification of Prisoners Act, Samvat 1994. 

IV of Svt. 1994 

The Jammu and Kashmir Infant Marriages Prevention Act, Samvat 1985. 

I of Svt.  1985 

The Instruments (Control of Noises) Act, 1959. 

VII of 1959 

The Judicial Officers Protection   Act, 1971. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2013.  VII of 2013 

The Jammu and Kashmir Juvenile Smoking Act, Samvat 1986. 

The Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990. 

The Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act, Samvat 1988. 

II of Svt. 1986 

X of Svt.  1990 

VII of Svt. 1988 

The Jammu and Kashmir Legal Representatives Suits Act,  Samvat 1977. 

XXII of Svt. 1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authorities Act, 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Limitation Act, Samvat 1995. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Livestock Improvement Act, Samvat 1996. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Local Authorities Loans Act, Samvat 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Lunacy Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and 
Senior Citizens Act, 2014. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Majority Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Medical Registration Act, Samvat 1998. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1974. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Dower Act, Samvat 1977. 

XXXIII of 1997 

IX of Svt. 1995 

XXIII of Svt.1996 

VI of Svt. 1997 

XXV of Svt. 1997 

XVI of 2014 

XXVI of Svt. 1977 

IV of Svt. 1998 

XXIII of 1974 

XLIV of Svt. 1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 2007. 

IV of 2007 

The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Specified Wakafs and Specified Wakaf 
Properties (Management and Regulation) Act, 2004. 

VIII of 2004 

The Jammu and Kashmir Nationalization of Forest Working Act, 1987. 

VII of 1987 

The (State) Newspapers (Incitements to Offences) Act, Svt 1971. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Nursing Council Act, 2012. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Nursing Homes and Clinical Establishments 
(Registration and Licensing) Act, 1963. 

The Official Secrets Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Opium Smoking Act, Samvat 2011. 

The Essential Services (Maintenance) Ordinance, Samvat 2001. 

The Hoarding and Profiteering Prevention Ordinance, Samvat 2000. 

VIV of Svt. 1971 

IV of  2012 

XXXIX of   1963 

XLIII  of Svt.1977 

XXXII of Svt. 2011 

IX of Svt. 2001 

XIX of Svt.  2000 

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97. 

98. 

99. 

100. 

101. 

102. 

103. 

104. 

105. 

106. 

107. 

108. 

109. 

110. 

111. 

112. 

113. 

114. 

115. 

116. 

117. 

118. 

119. 

120. 

121. 

122. 

123. 

124. 

125. 

126. 

127. 

S.No. 
96. 

The Police Enhanced Penalties Ordinance, Samvat 2005. 

Name of the Act 

The Prevention of Corruption Ordinance, 2001. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Servants Transfer of Immovable Property 
(Restriction) Ordinance, 2004. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Partition Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Partnership Act, Samvat 1996. 

Act/Ordinance No. 
III of Svt. 2005 

IV of Svt. 2001 

XXX of Svt. 2004 

XXX of Svt. 1977 

V of Svt.  1996 

The Jammu and Kashmir Permanent Residents Certificate (Procedure) Act, 1963. 

XIII of 1963 

The Jammu and Kashmir Pharmacy Act, Samvat 2011. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Poisons Act, Samvat 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Preconception and Prenatal Sex Selection 
(Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 2002. 

The (State) Press and Publications Act, Svt 1989. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance 
of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1988. 

LIII of Svt. 2011 

XXXIV of Svt.1977 

XXXI of 2002 

I of Svt.  1989 

XXV of 1988 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Corruption Act, Samvat 2006. 

XIII  of Svt. 2006 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, Samvat 1990. 

XIII  of Svt. 1990 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1985. 

XIX of 1985 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and 
Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. 

XXIII of 1988 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Insult to State Honour Act, 1979. 

X of 1979 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prisoners Act, Svt 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prisons Act, Svt 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2015. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prize Competition Act, 1956. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Probation of Offenders Act, 1966. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Human Rights Act, 1997. 

XXXIII of Svt. 1977 

XXXI  of Svt. 1977 

IX of  2015 

XII of 1956 

XXXVII of 1966 

XV of 1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2010. 

XI of  2010 

The Jammu and Kashmir Provident Funds Act, Svt 1998. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Gambling Act, Svt 1977. 

XXII  of Svt. 1998 

XVIII of Svt. 1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) Act, 1985. 

XX of 1985 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, Svt 1977. 

The (State) Ranbir Penal Code, Samvat 1989. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Registration Act, Svt. 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Registration (Amendment and Validation of 
Transfers of property) Act, 1955. 

The Registration of Deeds (Validating) Act, Samvat 2008. 

The Registration of Deeds (Validation) Act, 1956. 

XXVIII of Svt. 1977 

XII of Svt. 1989 

XXXV of Svt. 1977 

VI of 1955 

VI of Svt. 2008 

XXI of 1956 

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128. 

129. 

130. 

131. 

132. 

133. 

134. 

135. 

136. 

137. 

138. 

139. 

140. 

141. 

142. 

143. 

144. 

145. 

146. 

147. 

148. 

149. 

150. 

151. 

152. 

153. 

S.No. 

Name of the Act 

The Registration of Deeds (Validating) Act, 1968. 

The Registration of Deeds (Validation) Act, 1976. 

The Registration of Deeds (Validation) Act, 1985. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Religious Endowments Act, Svt 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable 
Property Act, 1968. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Sale of Goods Act, Svt 1996. 

The Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions Act, 1966. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Small Causes Court Act, Svt 1968. 

The Societies Registration Act, Svt 1998. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Specific Relief Act, Svt 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) 
Act, 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Succession Certificate Act, Svt 1977. 

The Succession (Property Protection) Act, Svt 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Suits Valuation Act, Svt 1977. 

Act/Ordinance No. 

XXXIII of 1968 

I of 1976 

IX of 1985 

L of Svt.1977 

IV of 1957 

XXXV of 1968 

VIII of 2009 

II of 1996 

XL of 1966 

VI of Svt. 1998 

XXXVIII of  Svt. 1977 

XXXVII of 1997 

XXXIX of Svt.1977 

XXXVI of Svt.1977 

XXXVII of Svt.1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Suppression of Indecent Advertisements Act, Svt 2003. 

IX of Svt.  2003 

The Jammu and Kashmir Transfer of Property Act, Svt 1977. 

XLII of Svt. 1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1997. 

III of  1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Trusts Act, Svt 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Venereal Diseases Act, Svt 2000. 

The Veterinary Council Act, 2001. 

The Jammu and Kashmir [State] Village and Town Patrol Act, 1959. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Village Sanitation Act, Svt. 1990. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Wakafs Act, 2001. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1978. 

XLI of Svt. 1977 

XXI of Svt. 2000 

XXI of  2001 

XXIV of 1959 

V of Svt. 1990 

III of  2001 

VIII of 1978 

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1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

S.No. 

Name of the Governor's Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism Cerebral 
Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 2018. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable 
Advertisements) Act, 2018. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Single Window (Industrial Investment and 
Business Facilitation) Act, 2018. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Commercial Courts Act, 2018. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Family Courts Act, 2018. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Aadhar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other 
Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2018. 

Governor'sAct No. 

VI of 2018 

VIII of 2018 

X of 2018 

XIII of 2018 

XXIV of 2018 

XXXIV of 2018 

The Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Children From Sexual Violence Act, 2018. 

II of 2018 

The Jammu and Kashmir Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2018. 

XL of 2018 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 2018. 

XLIII of 2018 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Protection of Women and 
Child Rights Act, 2018. 

XLVI of 2018 

The Jammu and Kashmir Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2018. 

LIII of 2018 

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1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. 

17. 

18. 

19. 

20. 

21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 

26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

STATE ACTS INCLUDING GOVERNOR'S ACTS THAT SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE IN 
UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR; AND UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH 

TABLE - 4 

S.No. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir Aerial Ropeways Act, 2002 

The Jammu and Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976 

Agriculturists' Relief Act, Svt. 1983 

Act/Ordinance No. 

XII of 2002 

XVII of 1976 

I of Svt. 1983 

The Jammu and Kashmir Government Aid to Agriculturists and Land Improvement  VII of Svt. 1993 
Act, Svt. 1993 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Aid to Industries Act 1961 

The Jammu and Kashmir Alienation of Land Act, Svt. 1995 

The Jammu and Kashmir Anatomy Act, 1959 

The Jammu and Kashmir Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, Svt. 1977 

XXII of 1961 

V of  Svt. 1995 

XXII of 1959 

V of Svt 1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Act, 2002 

XVI of  2002 

The Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, Svt. 2007 

XVII of  Svt. 2007 

The Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination Act, 2002 

XXV of 2002 

The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education Act, 1975 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Board of Technical Education Act, 2002 

The Jammu and Kashmir Brick Kilns (Regulation) Act, 2010 

Camping and Mooring Sites Act, Svt. 2004 

The Jammu and Kashmir Chowkidari Act, 1956 

The Jammu and Kashmir Civic Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2014 

The Jammu and Kashmir Civil Courts Act, Svt. 1977 

XXVIII of 1975 

XXIV of  2002 

XV II of  2010 

XII of  Svt. 2004 

XXXVII of 1956 

III of  2014 

XLVI of  Svt.1977 

The Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Decentralization and Recruitment) Act, 2010  XVI of  2010 

The Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010 

The Srinagar and Jammu Cluster Universities Act, 2016. 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1956 

The Jammu and Kashmir Consolidation of  Holdings Act, 1962 

The Jammu and Kashmir Control of Building Operations Act, 1988 

The Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Societies Act, 1989. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Debtors Relief Act, 1976 

The Jammu and Kashmir Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) 
Act, 1961 

XIV of  2010 

III of  2016 

XII  of 1997 

XXIV of 1956 

V of 1962 

XV of 1988 

X of 1989 

XV of 1976 

XIII of 1961 

The Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Ministers' Salaries and Allowances Act, 1957 

VI of 1957 

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31. 

32. 

33. 

34. 

35. 

36. 

37. 

38. 

39. 

40. 

41. 

42. 

43. 

44. 

45. 

46. 

47. 

48. 

49. 

50. 

51. 

52. 

53. 

54. 

55. 

56. 

57. 

58. 

59. 

60. 

S.No. 
30. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Speaker's and Deputy Chairman's (Emoluments) 
Act, 1956 

The Jammu and Kashmir Development Act, 1970 

The Jammu and Kashmir Egress and Internal Movement (Control) Ordinance, 
Svt. 2005. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Enemy Agents Ordinance, Svt. 2005. 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Emergency Relief Fund Act, 1960 

The Jammu and Kashmir Excise Act, Samvat 1958 

The Jammu and Kashmir Extraction of Resin Act, 1988. 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Evacuees (Administration of Property) Act, 
Samvat 2006 (1949 A.D). 

The Jammu and Kashmir Ferry Boats Control Act, 1971. 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Finance Commission Act, 2006 

The Jammu and Kashmir Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities 
Act, 2011 

The Jammu and Kashmir Fire Force Act, 1967. 

Act/Ordinance No. 
XXII of  1956 

XIX of 1970 

V of Svt. 2005 

VIII of Svt. 2005 

XIII of  1960 

-- 

IX of   1988 

VI of Svt. 2006 

XVIII of 1971 

XVIII of  2006 

XVI of  2011 

XXII of 1967 

The Jammu and Kashmir Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006.  XII of 2006 

The Jammu and Kashmir Fisheries Act, 2018. 

XVI of 2018 

The Jammu and Kashmir Flood Plain Zones (Regulation and Development) Act, 2005.  XVII of  2005 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Forest Corporation Act, 1978. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest (Protection) Force Act, 2001. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Fruit Nurseries (Licensing) Act, 1987. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Gift Goods (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1963. 

XII of 1978 

VI of 2001 

XXII of 1987 

XL of 1963 

The Jammu and Kashmir Golf  Development and Management Authority Act, 2013.  VIII of  2013 

The Jammu and Kashmir Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Government Gazette Act, Svt. 1945. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Governor's Special Security Force Act, 2018 

The Jammu and Kashmir Habitual Offenders (Control and Reform) Act, 1956. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Handicrafts (Quality Control) Act, 1978. 

V of  2017 

XII of Svt. 1945 

Governors Act 
No.XLII of 2018 

XI of  1956 

IV of 1978 

The Jammu and Kashmir Heritage Conservation and Preservation Act, 2010. 

XV of  2010 

The Jammu and Kashmir Highways Act, Svt. 2007. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Home Guards Act, Svt. 2006. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board Act, 1976. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Establishments (National and Festival) 
Holidays Act, 1974. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Prisons (Change in Designation) 
Act, 2001. 

XXVII of  Svt. 2007 

III of Svt. 2006 

VII of 1976 

XIII of 1974 

XIII of 2001 

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62. 

63. 

64. 

65. 

66. 

67. 

68. 

69. 

70. 

71. 

72. 

73. 

74. 

75. 

76. 

77. 

78. 

79. 

80. 

81. 

82. 

83. 

84. 

85. 

86. 

87. 

88. 

89. 

90. 

91. 

92. 

S.No. 
61. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir Islamic University of Science and Technology Kashmir 
Act, 2005. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Kahcharai Act, Svt. 2011. 

Kashmir and Jammu Universities Act, 1969. 

Kashmir Silk Protection Act, 1964. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1965. 

Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1997. 

Ladakh Budhists Succession to Property Act, Svt. 2000. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Lambardari Act, 1972. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Land Grants Act, 1960. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1972. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, Svt. 1996. 

Act/Ordinance No. 
XVIII of    2005      

XVIII of Svt. 2011 

XXIV of 1969 

XVI of 1965 

XXXI of 1997 

XVIII of Svt. 2000 

X of 1972 

XXXVIII of 1960 

XXIV of 1972 

XII of Svt. 1996 

The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker's Emoluments Act, 1956. 

IV of 1956 

The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council Chairman's (Emoluments) Act, 1962. 

XXVIII of 1962 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature Members' Pension Act, 1984. 

II of 1984 

The Jammu and Kashmir Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1962. 

XVI of 1962 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature Proceedings (Protection of Publication)  XXXVII of 1960 
Act, 1960. 

Levy of Tolls Act, Svt.1995. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection 
and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997. 

VIII of Svt. 1995 

XVI of 1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Migrants (Stay of Proceedings) Act, 1997. 

XVII of 1997 

The Jammu and Kashmir Ministers and Ministers of State Salaries Act, 1956. 

VI of 1956 

The Jammu and Kashmir Ministers and Presiding Officers Medical Facilities 
Act, 1975. 

XXII of 1975 

The Jammu and Kashmir Money Lenders and Accredited Loan Providers Act, 2010.  XXIII of  2010 

The Jammu and Kashmir Motor Spirit and Diesel Oil (Taxation of Sales) Act, Svt. 2005. 

V of Svt. 2005 

The Jammu and Kashmir Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1957. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Mulberry Protection Act, Svt. 2006. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Ombudsman Act, 2010. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipalities Public Disclosure Act, 2010. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Marriages Registration Act, 1981. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Namdha Quality Control Act, Svt. 2010. 

National Defence Fund Donation of Immovable Property (Exemption from 
Stamp Duty and Registration) Act, 1963. 

XXVI of 1957 

X of Svt. 2006 

XX of 2000 

XXI of 2000 

XX of 2010 

XXIV of  2010 

XXII of 1981 

VI of  Svt. 2010 

V of 1963 

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S.No. 
93. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir Natural Calamities Destroyed Areas Improvement Act, 
Svt. 2011. 

Act/Ordinance No. 
XXXVIII  of  Svt. 2011 

94. 

95. 

96. 

97. 

98. 

99. 

100. 

101. 

102. 

103. 

104. 

105. 

106. 

107. 

108. 

109. 

110. 

111. 

112. 

113. 

114. 

115. 

116. 

117. 

118. 

119. 

120. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Non-Biodegradable Material (Management) Handling 
and Disposal Act, 2007. 

XII of 2007 

The Jammu and Kashmir Obsolete Laws (Repeal) Act, 2010. 

XXVII of 2010 

The Jammu and Kashmir Ombudsman for Panchayats Act, 2014. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Paramedical Council Act, 2014. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Passengers Taxation Act, 1963. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Plant Disease and Pests Act, 1973. 

Plyboard Industries (Acquisition of Shares and of the Industrial Undertakings) 
Act, 1987. 

Police Act, Svt. 1983. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Preservation of Specified Trees Act, 1969. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Beggary Act, 1960. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Fragmentation of Agricultural Holdings 
Act, 1960. 

Prevention of Ribbon Development Act, Svt. 2007. 

Prevention of Rum Rasum Act, Svt. 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention and Suppression of Sabotages Activities 
Act, 1965. 

V of 2014 

IX of 1989 

VII of 2014 

XII of 1963 

XIV of 1973 

VI of 1987 

II of Svt. 1983 

V of 1969 

XL of 1960 

XXV of 1960 

XXVI of Svt. 2007 

I of Svt. 1997 

XXII of  1965 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Unfair Means Examination Act, 1987. 

XX of 1987 

The Jammu and Kashmir Private Colleges (Regulation and Control) Act, 2002 

XXII of 2002 

Probate and Administration Act, Svt. 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Professions, Trades, Callings and Employment Tax 
Act, 2005. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition on Conversion of  Land and Alienation of 
Orchards Act, 1975. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition on Manufacture of Specified Copper 
Utensils (By Machine) Act, 2006. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition of Ragging Act, 2011. 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Prohibition of Smoking (Cinema and 
Theatre Halls) Act, Svt. 2009. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health 
Protection in Public Service Vehicles Act, 1997. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2012. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Property Tax Board Act, 2013. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial 
Establishments) Act, 2018. 

XXIX of Svt. 1977 

IX of 2005 

VIII of 1975 

XIII of  2006 

VI of  2011 

XVIII of Svt. 2009  

XX of 1997 

XI of  2012 

XI of  2013 

XIII of  2018 

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121. 

122. 

123. 

124. 

125. 

126. 

127. 

128. 

129. 

130. 

131. 

132. 

133. 

134. 

135. 

136. 

137. 

138. 

139. 

140. 

141. 

142. 

143. 

144. 

145. 

146. 

147. 

148. 

149. 

150. 

151. 

152. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Men and Public Servants Declaration of 
Assets and Other Provisions Act, 1983. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Premises (Eviction of Un-authorised 
Occupants) Act, 1988. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Public Services Guarantee Act, 2011. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Registration of Contractors Act, 1956. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1978. 

Act/Ordinance No. 
V of 1983 

XVII of 1988 

VI  of 1978 

IX of  2011 

XVI  of 1956 

IX of    1978 

The Jammu and Kashmir Regulation of Accounts Act, Svt. 2001. 

XIV of Svt. 2001 

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Residential and Commercial Tenancy Act, 2012. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Restitution of Mortgaged Properties Act, 1976. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Right of Prior Purchase Act, Svt. 1993. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Road Safety Council Act, 2018. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Saffron Act, 2007. 

Salaries and Allowances of Members of Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature 
Act, 1960. 

XIV of  2004 

V of  2012 

XIV of 1976 

II of  Svt. 1993 

V of  2018 

V of  2007 

XIX of  1960 

Salaries and Allowances of Leader of Opposition in the State Legislature Act, 1985.  XVI  of 1985 

The Sapphire Act, Svt. 1989. 

The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Act, 2002. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Self-Reliant Cooperatives Act, 1999. 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Sheep and Sheep Products Development Board 
Act, 1979. 

XVI  of  Svt. 1989 

XXI  of  2002 

X  of 1999 

IX of 1979 

Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Act, 1982. 

VII  of 1982 

Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (Grant of Degrees) Act, 1983. 

XII  of 1983 

The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Act, 2000. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Sukhrala Devi Ji and Shri Mata Bala Sundari 
Shrine Act, 2013. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Act, 1988. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Act, 1999. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Act, 2008. 

XVIII of  2000 

III of  2013 

XVI of 1988 

XII of 1999 

IV of 2008 

The Jammu and Kashmir Sikh Gurdwaras and Religious Endowments Act, 1973. 

XV of 1973 

The Jammu and Kashmir Silk (Development and Protection) Act, 1988. 

XXVIII of 1988 

The Jammu and Kashmir Special Security Group Act, 2000. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal Act, 1988. 

Stamp Act, Svt. 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, Svt. 1980. 

VI  of  2000 

XIX of 1988 

XL of Svt. 1977 

II of Svt. 1980 

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153. 

154. 

155. 

156. 

157. 

158. 

159. 

160. 

161. 

162. 

163. 

164. 

165. 

166. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy (Stay of Ejectment Proceedings) Act, 1966. 

Name of the Act 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Town Planning Act, 1963. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Treasure Trove Act, Svt. 1954. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Underground Public Utilities (Acquisition of Rights of 
User in Land) Act, 2014. 

Urban Immovable Property Tax (Repeal and Saving) Act, 2002. 

The University of Ladakh Act, 2018. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Urban Property (Ceiling) Act, 1971. 

Usurious Loans Act, Svt. 1977. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Utilization of Lands Act, Svt. 2010. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Vaccination Act, 1967. 

The Jammu and Kashmir Vegetable Seeds Act, Svt. 2009. 

The Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Commission Act, 2011. 

Act/Ordinance No. 
XXXIII of 1966 

XX of 1963 

--- 

IV of 2014 

XXVIII of 2002 

Governor's Act No. 
LVI  of 2018 

XII  of 1971 

XLVII of  Svt. 1977 

IX of Svt. 2010 

XXI of 1967 

XII of  Svt. 2009 

I of  2011 

The Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010.    XXI of  2010 

The Jammu and Kashmir Willow (Prohibition on Export and Movement) Act, 2000. 

XVI of  2000 

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